mptcp_token_destroy(msk->token);
        inet_sk_state_store(sk, TCP_CLOSE);
 
-       __mptcp_flush_join_list(msk);
-
+       /* be sure to always acquire the join list lock, to sync vs
+        * mptcp_finish_join().
+        */
+       spin_lock_bh(&msk->join_list_lock);
+       list_splice_tail_init(&msk->join_list, &msk->conn_list);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&msk->join_list_lock);
        list_splice_init(&msk->conn_list, &conn_list);
 
        data_fin_tx_seq = msk->write_seq;
        if (!msk->pm.server_side)
                return true;
 
-       /* passive connection, attach to msk socket */
+       if (!mptcp_pm_allow_new_subflow(msk))
+               return false;
+
+       /* active connections are already on conn_list, and we can't acquire
+        * msk lock here.
+        * use the join list lock as synchronization point and double-check
+        * msk status to avoid racing with mptcp_close()
+        */
+       spin_lock_bh(&msk->join_list_lock);
+       ret = inet_sk_state_load(parent) == TCP_ESTABLISHED;
+       if (ret && !WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&subflow->node)))
+               list_add_tail(&subflow->node, &msk->join_list);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&msk->join_list_lock);
+       if (!ret)
+               return false;
+
+       /* attach to msk socket only after we are sure he will deal with us
+        * at close time
+        */
        parent_sock = READ_ONCE(parent->sk_socket);
        if (parent_sock && !sk->sk_socket)
                mptcp_sock_graft(sk, parent_sock);
-
-       ret = mptcp_pm_allow_new_subflow(msk);
-       if (ret) {
-               subflow->map_seq = msk->ack_seq;
-
-               /* active connections are already on conn_list */
-               spin_lock_bh(&msk->join_list_lock);
-               if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&subflow->node)))
-                       list_add_tail(&subflow->node, &msk->join_list);
-               spin_unlock_bh(&msk->join_list_lock);
-       }
-       return ret;
+       subflow->map_seq = msk->ack_seq;
+       return true;
 }
 
 bool mptcp_sk_is_subflow(const struct sock *sk)