diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 9a40dae31cec..27d206f7af62 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ enum {
 static struct percpu_counter mptcp_sockets_allocated ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
 static void __mptcp_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk);
-static void __mptcp_check_send_data_fin(struct sock *sk);
+static void mptcp_check_send_data_fin(struct sock *sk);
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct mptcp_delegated_action, mptcp_delegated_actions);
 static struct net_device mptcp_napi_dev;
@@ -424,8 +424,7 @@ static bool mptcp_pending_data_fin_ack(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(sk);
 
-	return !__mptcp_check_fallback(msk) &&
-	       ((1 << sk->sk_state) &
+	return ((1 << sk->sk_state) &
 		(TCPF_FIN_WAIT1 | TCPF_CLOSING | TCPF_LAST_ACK)) &&
 	       msk->write_seq == READ_ONCE(msk->snd_una);
 }
@@ -583,9 +582,6 @@ static bool mptcp_check_data_fin(struct sock *sk)
 	u64 rcv_data_fin_seq;
 	bool ret = false;
 
-	if (__mptcp_check_fallback(msk))
-		return ret;
-
 	/* Need to ack a DATA_FIN received from a peer while this side
 	 * of the connection is in ESTABLISHED, FIN_WAIT1, or FIN_WAIT2.
 	 * msk->rcv_data_fin was set when parsing the incoming options
@@ -623,7 +619,8 @@ static bool mptcp_check_data_fin(struct sock *sk)
 		}
 
 		ret = true;
-		mptcp_send_ack(msk);
+		if (!__mptcp_check_fallback(msk))
+			mptcp_send_ack(msk);
 		mptcp_close_wake_up(sk);
 	}
 	return ret;
@@ -1609,7 +1606,7 @@ void __mptcp_push_pending(struct sock *sk, unsigned int flags)
 	if (!mptcp_timer_pending(sk))
 		mptcp_reset_timer(sk);
 	if (do_check_data_fin)
-		__mptcp_check_send_data_fin(sk);
+		mptcp_check_send_data_fin(sk);
 }
 
 static void __mptcp_subflow_push_pending(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk, bool first)
@@ -2680,8 +2677,6 @@ static void mptcp_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (unlikely((1 << state) & (TCPF_CLOSE | TCPF_LISTEN)))
 		goto unlock;
 
-	mptcp_check_data_fin_ack(sk);
-
 	mptcp_check_fastclose(msk);
 
 	mptcp_pm_nl_work(msk);
@@ -2689,7 +2684,8 @@ static void mptcp_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(MPTCP_WORK_EOF, &msk->flags))
 		mptcp_check_for_eof(msk);
 
-	__mptcp_check_send_data_fin(sk);
+	mptcp_check_send_data_fin(sk);
+	mptcp_check_data_fin_ack(sk);
 	mptcp_check_data_fin(sk);
 
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(MPTCP_WORK_CLOSE_SUBFLOW, &msk->flags))
@@ -2828,6 +2824,12 @@ void mptcp_subflow_shutdown(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk, int how)
 			pr_debug("Fallback");
 			ssk->sk_shutdown |= how;
 			tcp_shutdown(ssk, how);
+
+			/* simulate the data_fin ack reception to let the state
+			 * machine move forward
+			 */
+			WRITE_ONCE(mptcp_sk(sk)->snd_una, mptcp_sk(sk)->snd_nxt);
+			mptcp_schedule_work(sk);
 		} else {
 			pr_debug("Sending DATA_FIN on subflow %p", ssk);
 			tcp_send_ack(ssk);
@@ -2867,7 +2869,7 @@ static int mptcp_close_state(struct sock *sk)
 	return next & TCP_ACTION_FIN;
 }
 
-static void __mptcp_check_send_data_fin(struct sock *sk)
+static void mptcp_check_send_data_fin(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(sk);
@@ -2885,19 +2887,6 @@ static void __mptcp_check_send_data_fin(struct sock *sk)
 
 	WRITE_ONCE(msk->snd_nxt, msk->write_seq);
 
-	/* fallback socket will not get data_fin/ack, can move to the next
-	 * state now
-	 */
-	if (__mptcp_check_fallback(msk)) {
-		WRITE_ONCE(msk->snd_una, msk->write_seq);
-		if ((1 << sk->sk_state) & (TCPF_CLOSING | TCPF_LAST_ACK)) {
-			inet_sk_state_store(sk, TCP_CLOSE);
-			mptcp_close_wake_up(sk);
-		} else if (sk->sk_state == TCP_FIN_WAIT1) {
-			inet_sk_state_store(sk, TCP_FIN_WAIT2);
-		}
-	}
-
 	mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow) {
 		struct sock *tcp_sk = mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
 
@@ -2917,7 +2906,7 @@ static void __mptcp_wr_shutdown(struct sock *sk)
 	WRITE_ONCE(msk->write_seq, msk->write_seq + 1);
 	WRITE_ONCE(msk->snd_data_fin_enable, 1);
 
-	__mptcp_check_send_data_fin(sk);
+	mptcp_check_send_data_fin(sk);
 }
 
 static void __mptcp_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk)
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 4688daa6b38b..d9c8b21c6076 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -1749,14 +1749,16 @@ static void subflow_state_change(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow = mptcp_subflow_ctx(sk);
 	struct sock *parent = subflow->conn;
+	struct mptcp_sock *msk;
 
 	__subflow_state_change(sk);
 
+	msk = mptcp_sk(parent);
 	if (subflow_simultaneous_connect(sk)) {
 		mptcp_propagate_sndbuf(parent, sk);
 		mptcp_do_fallback(sk);
-		mptcp_rcv_space_init(mptcp_sk(parent), sk);
-		pr_fallback(mptcp_sk(parent));
+		mptcp_rcv_space_init(msk, sk);
+		pr_fallback(msk);
 		subflow->conn_finished = 1;
 		mptcp_set_connected(parent);
 	}
@@ -1772,11 +1774,12 @@ static void subflow_state_change(struct sock *sk)
 
 	subflow_sched_work_if_closed(mptcp_sk(parent), sk);
 
-	if (__mptcp_check_fallback(mptcp_sk(parent)) &&
-	    !subflow->rx_eof && subflow_is_done(sk)) {
-		subflow->rx_eof = 1;
-		mptcp_subflow_eof(parent);
-	}
+	/* when the fallback subflow closes the rx side, trigger a 'dummy'
+	 * ingress data fin, so that the msk state will follow along
+	 */
+	if (__mptcp_check_fallback(msk) && subflow_is_done(sk) && msk->first == sk &&
+	    mptcp_update_rcv_data_fin(msk, READ_ONCE(msk->ack_seq), true))
+		mptcp_schedule_work(parent);
 }
 
 void mptcp_subflow_queue_clean(struct sock *listener_sk, struct sock *listener_ssk)
