diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 37ebcb7640ebb3..cbbcc46cfef0a5 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -3717,13 +3717,6 @@ static int mptcp_ioctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, int *karg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void mptcp_subflow_early_fallback(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
-					 struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow)
-{
-	subflow->request_mptcp = 0;
-	__mptcp_do_fallback(msk);
-}
-
 static int mptcp_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 {
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index bf03bff9ac4413..302bd808b839a8 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -1215,6 +1215,14 @@ static inline void mptcp_do_fallback(struct sock *ssk)
 
 #define pr_fallback(a) pr_debug("%s:fallback to TCP (msk=%p)\n", __func__, a)
 
+static inline void mptcp_subflow_early_fallback(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
+						struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow)
+{
+	pr_fallback(msk);
+	subflow->request_mptcp = 0;
+	__mptcp_do_fallback(msk);
+}
+
 static inline bool mptcp_check_infinite_map(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct mptcp_ext *mpext;