diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index 2b1b40199c61..3a1e8f238866 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -891,8 +891,8 @@ static int mptcp_pm_nl_create_listen_socket(struct sock *sk,
 {
 	int addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
 	struct sockaddr_storage addr;
-	struct mptcp_sock *msk;
 	struct socket *ssock;
+	struct sock *newsk;
 	int backlog = 1024;
 	int err;
 
@@ -901,13 +901,15 @@ static int mptcp_pm_nl_create_listen_socket(struct sock *sk,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	msk = mptcp_sk(entry->lsk->sk);
-	if (!msk) {
+	newsk = entry->lsk->sk;
+	if (!newsk) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ssock = __mptcp_nmpc_socket(msk);
+	lock_sock(newsk);
+	ssock = __mptcp_nmpc_socket(mptcp_sk(newsk));
+	release_sock(newsk);
 	if (!ssock) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 15dbaa202c7c..b0e9548f00bf 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ int mptcp_subflow_create_socket(struct sock *sk, struct socket **new_sock)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	lock_sock(sf->sk);
+	lock_sock_nested(sf->sk, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 
 	/* the newly created socket has to be in the same cgroup as its parent */
 	mptcp_attach_cgroup(sk, sf->sk);