diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index 572d160edca3..c0e47f4f7b1a 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -1514,11 +1514,6 @@ static int mptcp_nl_remove_subflow_and_signal_addr(struct net *net,
 		if (mptcp_pm_is_userspace(msk))
 			goto next;
 
-		if (list_empty(&msk->conn_list)) {
-			mptcp_pm_remove_anno_addr(msk, addr, false);
-			goto next;
-		}
-
 		lock_sock(sk);
 		remove_subflow = mptcp_lookup_subflow_by_saddr(&msk->conn_list, addr);
 		mptcp_pm_remove_anno_addr(msk, addr, remove_subflow &&