diff --git a/net/mptcp/mptcp_ctrl.c b/net/mptcp/mptcp_ctrl.c
index cd5a6b6f9b50..e2835ea5e4f9 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/mptcp_ctrl.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/mptcp_ctrl.c
@@ -2317,11 +2317,12 @@ void mptcp_twsk_destructor(struct tcp_timewait_sock *tw)
 		if (tw->mptcp_tw->in_list) {
 			list_del_rcu(&tw->mptcp_tw->list);
 			tw->mptcp_tw->in_list = 0;
+			/* Put, because we added it to the list */
+			mptcp_mpcb_put(mpcb);
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&mpcb->tw_lock);
 
-		/* Twice, because we increased it above */
-		mptcp_mpcb_put(mpcb);
+		/* Second time, because we increased it above */
 		mptcp_mpcb_put(mpcb);
 	}