diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 185dacb39781..e7419fd15d84 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -274,6 +274,15 @@ static bool __mptcp_move_skb(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk,
 	skb_ext_reset(skb);
 	skb_orphan(skb);
 
+	/* try to fetch required memory from subflow */
+	if (!sk_rmem_schedule(sk, skb, skb->truesize)) {
+		if (ssk->sk_forward_alloc < skb->truesize)
+			goto drop;
+		__sk_mem_reclaim(ssk, skb->truesize);
+		if (!sk_rmem_schedule(sk, skb, skb->truesize))
+			goto drop;
+	}
+
 	/* the skb map_seq accounts for the skb offset:
 	 * mptcp_subflow_get_mapped_dsn() is based on the current tp->copied_seq
 	 * value
@@ -301,6 +310,7 @@ static bool __mptcp_move_skb(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk,
 	 * will retransmit as needed, if needed.
 	 */
 	MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_DUPDATA);
+drop:
 	mptcp_drop(sk, skb);
 	return false;
 }