diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 3613489eb6e3b..3317d1cca1568 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -3723,10 +3723,9 @@ static int mptcp_listen(struct socket *sock, int backlog)
 	if (!err) {
 		sock_prot_inuse_add(sock_net(sk), sk->sk_prot, 1);
 		mptcp_copy_inaddrs(sk, ssock->sk);
+		mptcp_event_pm_listener(ssock->sk, MPTCP_EVENT_LISTENER_CREATED);
 	}
 
-	mptcp_event_pm_listener(ssock->sk, MPTCP_EVENT_LISTENER_CREATED);
-
 unlock:
 	release_sock(sk);
 	return err;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index e6c9d5451c5b5..3c2096ac97ef4 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -162,9 +162,7 @@ check_tools()
 	elif ! iptables -V &> /dev/null; then
 		echo "SKIP: Could not run all tests without iptables tool"
 		exit $ksft_skip
-	fi
-
-	if ! ip6tables -V &> /dev/null; then
+	elif ! ip6tables -V &> /dev/null; then
 		echo "SKIP: Could not run all tests without ip6tables tool"
 		exit $ksft_skip
 	fi