diff --git a/include/net/mptcp.h b/include/net/mptcp.h
index 0bc4ab03f48786..814b5f2e3ed5e3 100644
--- a/include/net/mptcp.h
+++ b/include/net/mptcp.h
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ static inline __be32 mptcp_reset_option(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	return htonl(0u);
 }
+
+void mptcp_active_detect_blackhole(struct sock *sk, bool expired);
 #else
 
 static inline void mptcp_init(void)
@@ -307,6 +309,8 @@ static inline struct request_sock *mptcp_subflow_reqsk_alloc(const struct reques
 }
 
 static inline __be32 mptcp_reset_option(const struct sk_buff *skb)  { return htonl(0u); }
+
+static inline void mptcp_active_detect_blackhole(struct sock *sk, bool expired) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MPTCP */
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MPTCP_IPV6)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index 86169127e4d1fe..79064580c8c0d5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ static int tcp_write_timeout(struct sock *sk)
 		expired = retransmits_timed_out(sk, retry_until,
 						READ_ONCE(icsk->icsk_user_timeout));
 	tcp_fastopen_active_detect_blackhole(sk, expired);
+	mptcp_active_detect_blackhole(sk, expired);
 
 	if (BPF_SOCK_OPS_TEST_FLAG(tp, BPF_SOCK_OPS_RTO_CB_FLAG))
 		tcp_call_bpf_3arg(sk, BPF_SOCK_OPS_RTO_CB,
diff --git a/net/mptcp/ctrl.c b/net/mptcp/ctrl.c
index 99382c317ebb62..0b23e3c5e8ff44 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/ctrl.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/ctrl.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <net/netns/generic.h>
 
 #include "protocol.h"
+#include "mib.h"
 
 #define MPTCP_SYSCTL_PATH "net/mptcp"
 
@@ -277,6 +278,25 @@ static void mptcp_pernet_del_table(struct mptcp_pernet *pernet) {}
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
+/* Check the number of retransmissions, and fallback to TCP if needed */
+void mptcp_active_detect_blackhole(struct sock *ssk, bool expired)
+{
+	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
+	u32 timeouts;
+
+	if (!sk_is_mptcp(ssk))
+		return;
+
+	timeouts = inet_csk(ssk)->icsk_retransmits;
+	subflow = mptcp_subflow_ctx(ssk);
+
+	if (subflow->request_mptcp && ssk->sk_state == TCP_SYN_SENT &&
+	    (timeouts == 2 || (timeouts < 2 && expired))) {
+		MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(ssk), MPTCP_MIB_MPCAPABLEACTIVEDROP);
+		mptcp_subflow_early_fallback(mptcp_sk(subflow->conn), subflow);
+	}
+}
+
 static int __net_init mptcp_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct mptcp_pernet *pernet = mptcp_get_pernet(net);
diff --git a/net/mptcp/mib.c b/net/mptcp/mib.c
index ec0d461cb921e0..d70a3e2bfad624 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/mib.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/mib.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ static const struct snmp_mib mptcp_snmp_list[] = {
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPCapableACKRX", MPTCP_MIB_MPCAPABLEPASSIVEACK),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPCapableFallbackACK", MPTCP_MIB_MPCAPABLEPASSIVEFALLBACK),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPCapableFallbackSYNACK", MPTCP_MIB_MPCAPABLEACTIVEFALLBACK),
+	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPCapableSYNTXDrop", MPTCP_MIB_MPCAPABLEACTIVEDROP),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPFallbackTokenInit", MPTCP_MIB_TOKENFALLBACKINIT),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPTCPRetrans", MPTCP_MIB_RETRANSSEGS),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPJoinNoTokenFound", MPTCP_MIB_JOINNOTOKEN),
diff --git a/net/mptcp/mib.h b/net/mptcp/mib.h
index d68136f93dac5d..062775700b6328 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/mib.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/mib.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ enum linux_mptcp_mib_field {
 	MPTCP_MIB_MPCAPABLEPASSIVEACK,	/* Received third ACK with MP_CAPABLE */
 	MPTCP_MIB_MPCAPABLEPASSIVEFALLBACK,/* Server-side fallback during 3-way handshake */
 	MPTCP_MIB_MPCAPABLEACTIVEFALLBACK, /* Client-side fallback during 3-way handshake */
+	MPTCP_MIB_MPCAPABLEACTIVEDROP,	/* Client-side fallback due to a MPC drop */
 	MPTCP_MIB_TOKENFALLBACKINIT,	/* Could not init/allocate token */
 	MPTCP_MIB_RETRANSSEGS,		/* Segments retransmitted at the MPTCP-level */
 	MPTCP_MIB_JOINNOTOKEN,		/* Received MP_JOIN but the token was not found */