diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm.c b/net/mptcp/pm.c
index 23bb89c94e90d..925123e99889b 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm.c
@@ -60,16 +60,6 @@ int mptcp_pm_remove_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk, const struct mptcp_rm_list *rm_
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int mptcp_pm_remove_subflow(struct mptcp_sock *msk, const struct mptcp_rm_list *rm_list)
-{
-	pr_debug("msk=%p, rm_list_nr=%d", msk, rm_list->nr);
-
-	spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
-	mptcp_pm_nl_rm_subflow_received(msk, rm_list);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /* path manager event handlers */
 
 void mptcp_pm_new_connection(struct mptcp_sock *msk, const struct sock *ssk, int server_side)
diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index 2c26696b820e8..44fc1c5959ac8 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -857,8 +857,8 @@ static void mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_received(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow(msk, &msk->pm.rm_list_rx, MPTCP_MIB_RMADDR);
 }
 
-void mptcp_pm_nl_rm_subflow_received(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
-				     const struct mptcp_rm_list *rm_list)
+static void mptcp_pm_nl_rm_subflow_received(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
+					    const struct mptcp_rm_list *rm_list)
 {
 	mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow(msk, rm_list, MPTCP_MIB_RMSUBFLOW);
 }
@@ -1471,7 +1471,9 @@ static int mptcp_nl_remove_subflow_and_signal_addr(struct net *net,
 					  !(entry->flags & MPTCP_PM_ADDR_FLAG_IMPLICIT));
 
 		if (remove_subflow) {
-			mptcp_pm_remove_subflow(msk, &list);
+			spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
+			mptcp_pm_nl_rm_subflow_received(msk, &list);
+			spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 		} else if (entry->flags & MPTCP_PM_ADDR_FLAG_SUBFLOW) {
 			/* If the subflow has been used, but now closed */
 			spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
@@ -1617,18 +1619,14 @@ static void mptcp_pm_remove_addrs_and_subflows(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 			alist.ids[alist.nr++] = entry->addr.id;
 	}
 
+	spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 	if (alist.nr) {
-		spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 		msk->pm.add_addr_signaled -= alist.nr;
 		mptcp_pm_remove_addr(msk, &alist);
-		spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 	}
-
 	if (slist.nr)
-		mptcp_pm_remove_subflow(msk, &slist);
-
+		mptcp_pm_nl_rm_subflow_received(msk, &slist);
 	/* Reset counters: maybe some subflows have been removed before */
-	spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 	bitmap_fill(msk->pm.id_avail_bitmap, MPTCP_PM_MAX_ADDR_ID + 1);
 	msk->pm.local_addr_used = 0;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index 60c6b073d65fe..a1c1b0ff1ce1c 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -1026,7 +1026,6 @@ int mptcp_pm_announce_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 			   const struct mptcp_addr_info *addr,
 			   bool echo);
 int mptcp_pm_remove_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk, const struct mptcp_rm_list *rm_list);
-int mptcp_pm_remove_subflow(struct mptcp_sock *msk, const struct mptcp_rm_list *rm_list);
 void mptcp_pm_remove_addrs(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct list_head *rm_list);
 
 void mptcp_free_local_addr_list(struct mptcp_sock *msk);
@@ -1133,8 +1132,6 @@ static inline u8 subflow_get_local_id(const struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflo
 
 void __init mptcp_pm_nl_init(void);
 void mptcp_pm_nl_work(struct mptcp_sock *msk);
-void mptcp_pm_nl_rm_subflow_received(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
-				     const struct mptcp_rm_list *rm_list);
 unsigned int mptcp_pm_get_add_addr_signal_max(const struct mptcp_sock *msk);
 unsigned int mptcp_pm_get_add_addr_accept_max(const struct mptcp_sock *msk);
 unsigned int mptcp_pm_get_subflows_max(const struct mptcp_sock *msk);