diff --git a/net/mptcp/sockopt.c b/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
index 1cf608e7357b..87b5796d0135 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ static int mptcp_get_int_option(struct mptcp_sock *msk, sockptr_t optval,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void __mptcp_subflow_set_rcvbuf(struct sock *ssk, int val)
+{
+	WRITE_ONCE(ssk->sk_rcvbuf, val);
+	tcp_set_rcvbuf(ssk, val);
+}
+
 static void mptcp_sol_socket_sync_intval(struct mptcp_sock *msk, int optname, int val)
 {
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ static void mptcp_sol_socket_sync_intval(struct mptcp_sock *msk, int optname, in
 		case SO_RCVBUF:
 		case SO_RCVBUFFORCE:
 			ssk->sk_userlocks |= SOCK_RCVBUF_LOCK;
-			WRITE_ONCE(ssk->sk_rcvbuf, sk->sk_rcvbuf);
+			__mptcp_subflow_set_rcvbuf(ssk, sk->sk_rcvbuf);
 			break;
 		case SO_MARK:
 			if (READ_ONCE(ssk->sk_mark) != sk->sk_mark) {
@@ -1560,7 +1566,7 @@ static void sync_socket_options(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk)
 			mptcp_subflow_ctx(ssk)->cached_sndbuf = sk->sk_sndbuf;
 		}
 		if (sk->sk_userlocks & SOCK_RCVBUF_LOCK)
-			WRITE_ONCE(ssk->sk_rcvbuf, sk->sk_rcvbuf);
+			__mptcp_subflow_set_rcvbuf(ssk, sk->sk_rcvbuf);
 	}
 
 	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER)) {