diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index 233c06b6bf6c52..d5a942b9ab295e 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -396,19 +396,6 @@ void mptcp_pm_free_anno_list(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	}
 }
 
-static bool lookup_address_in_vec(const struct mptcp_addr_info *addrs, unsigned int nr,
-				  const struct mptcp_addr_info *addr)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
-		if (addrs[i].id == addr->id)
-			return true;
-	}
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 /* Fill all the remote addresses into the array addrs[],
  * and return the array size.
  */
@@ -440,6 +427,16 @@ static unsigned int fill_remote_addresses_vec(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 		msk->pm.subflows++;
 		addrs[i++] = remote;
 	} else {
+		DECLARE_BITMAP(unavail_id, MPTCP_PM_MAX_ADDR_ID + 1);
+
+		/* Forbid creation of new subflows matching existing
+		 * ones, possibly already created by incoming ADD_ADDR
+		 */
+		bitmap_zero(unavail_id, MPTCP_PM_MAX_ADDR_ID + 1);
+		mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow)
+			if (READ_ONCE(subflow->local_id) == local->id)
+				__set_bit(subflow->remote_id, unavail_id);
+
 		mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow) {
 			ssk = mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
 			remote_address((struct sock_common *)ssk, &addrs[i]);
@@ -447,11 +444,17 @@ static unsigned int fill_remote_addresses_vec(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 			if (deny_id0 && !addrs[i].id)
 				continue;
 
+			if (test_bit(addrs[i].id, unavail_id))
+				continue;
+
 			if (!mptcp_pm_addr_families_match(sk, local, &addrs[i]))
 				continue;
 
-			if (!lookup_address_in_vec(addrs, i, &addrs[i]) &&
-			    msk->pm.subflows < subflows_max) {
+			if (msk->pm.subflows < subflows_max) {
+				/* forbid creating multiple address towards
+				 * this id
+				 */
+				__set_bit(addrs[i].id, unavail_id);
 				msk->pm.subflows++;
 				i++;
 			}