diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index a8445407d25a..07559b45eec5 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -419,6 +419,15 @@ static int mptcp_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
+
+	timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
+
+	if ((1 << sk->sk_state) & ~(TCPF_ESTABLISHED | TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT)) {
+		ret = sk_stream_wait_connect(sk, &timeo);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	ssock = __mptcp_tcp_fallback(msk);
 	if (unlikely(ssock)) {
 fallback:
@@ -427,8 +436,6 @@ fallback:
 		return ret >= 0 ? ret + copied : (copied ? copied : ret);
 	}
 
-	timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
-
 	ssk = mptcp_subflow_get(msk);
 	if (!ssk) {
 		release_sock(sk);
@@ -460,6 +467,7 @@ fallback:
 
 	ssk_check_wmem(msk, ssk);
 	release_sock(ssk);
+out:
 	release_sock(sk);
 	return ret;
 }