diff --git a/net/mptcp/diag.c b/net/mptcp/diag.c
index e57c5f47f0351a37c9e83e111b2ee5308c141ff6..6ff6f14674aa2941bc04c680bacd9f79fc65060d 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/diag.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/diag.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int subflow_get_info(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			sf->map_data_len) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, MPTCP_SUBFLOW_ATTR_FLAGS, flags) ||
 	    nla_put_u8(skb, MPTCP_SUBFLOW_ATTR_ID_REM, sf->remote_id) ||
-	    nla_put_u8(skb, MPTCP_SUBFLOW_ATTR_ID_LOC, sf->local_id)) {
+	    nla_put_u8(skb, MPTCP_SUBFLOW_ATTR_ID_LOC, subflow_get_local_id(sf))) {
 		err = -EMSGSIZE;
 		goto nla_failure;
 	}
diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index a24c9128dee9e72336280edf3cfbe3f1bca1136c..912e25077437e646cc4afa08db0f838e811e39f6 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ static void mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 		mptcp_for_each_subflow_safe(msk, subflow, tmp) {
 			struct sock *ssk = mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
 			int how = RCV_SHUTDOWN | SEND_SHUTDOWN;
-			u8 id = subflow->local_id;
+			u8 id = subflow_get_local_id(subflow);
 
 			if (rm_type == MPTCP_MIB_RMADDR && subflow->remote_id != rm_id)
 				continue;
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ static void mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 
 			pr_debug(" -> %s rm_list_ids[%d]=%u local_id=%u remote_id=%u mpc_id=%u",
 				 rm_type == MPTCP_MIB_RMADDR ? "address" : "subflow",
-				 i, rm_id, subflow->local_id, subflow->remote_id,
+				 i, rm_id, id, subflow->remote_id,
 				 msk->mpc_endpoint_id);
 			spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 			mptcp_subflow_shutdown(sk, ssk, how);
@@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ static int mptcp_event_add_subflow(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct sock *ssk)
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!sf))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (nla_put_u8(skb, MPTCP_ATTR_LOC_ID, sf->local_id))
+	if (nla_put_u8(skb, MPTCP_ATTR_LOC_ID, subflow_get_local_id(sf)))
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	if (nla_put_u8(skb, MPTCP_ATTR_REM_ID, sf->remote_id))
diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
index e582b3b2d174df625ae308c947d1236134a72d80..d396a5973429b4a67a287e8e3440fd34797a6fd0 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static int mptcp_userspace_pm_remove_id_zero_address(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow) {
-		if (subflow->local_id == 0) {
+		if (READ_ONCE(subflow->local_id) == 0) {
 			has_id_0 = true;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 8ef2927ebca297bf60d51fae91732e09562fd496..948606a537daf5ea91e530794f1d7ca175760d33 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static int __mptcp_socket_create(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	subflow->subflow_id = msk->subflow_id++;
 
 	/* This is the first subflow, always with id 0 */
-	subflow->local_id_valid = 1;
+	WRITE_ONCE(subflow->local_id, 0);
 	mptcp_sock_graft(msk->first, sk->sk_socket);
 	iput(SOCK_INODE(ssock));
 
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index ed50f2015dc389d035e919a5d509e12899e22687..631a7f445f34939c3926a49cc6ccfaf733384f08 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -491,10 +491,9 @@ struct mptcp_subflow_context {
 		remote_key_valid : 1,        /* received the peer key from */
 		disposable : 1,	    /* ctx can be free at ulp release time */
 		stale : 1,	    /* unable to snd/rcv data, do not use for xmit */
-		local_id_valid : 1, /* local_id is correctly initialized */
 		valid_csum_seen : 1,        /* at least one csum validated */
 		is_mptfo : 1,	    /* subflow is doing TFO */
-		__unused : 9;
+		__unused : 10;
 	bool	data_avail;
 	bool	scheduled;
 	u32	remote_nonce;
@@ -505,7 +504,7 @@ struct mptcp_subflow_context {
 		u8	hmac[MPTCPOPT_HMAC_LEN]; /* MPJ subflow only */
 		u64	iasn;	    /* initial ack sequence number, MPC subflows only */
 	};
-	u8	local_id;
+	s16	local_id;	    /* if negative not initialized yet */
 	u8	remote_id;
 	u8	reset_seen:1;
 	u8	reset_transient:1;
@@ -556,6 +555,7 @@ mptcp_subflow_ctx_reset(struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow)
 {
 	memset(&subflow->reset, 0, sizeof(subflow->reset));
 	subflow->request_mptcp = 1;
+	WRITE_ONCE(subflow->local_id, -1);
 }
 
 static inline u64
@@ -1022,6 +1022,15 @@ int mptcp_pm_get_local_id(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock_common *skc);
 int mptcp_pm_nl_get_local_id(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct mptcp_addr_info *skc);
 int mptcp_userspace_pm_get_local_id(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct mptcp_addr_info *skc);
 
+static inline u8 subflow_get_local_id(const struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow)
+{
+	int local_id = READ_ONCE(subflow->local_id);
+
+	if (local_id < 0)
+		return 0;
+	return local_id;
+}
+
 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,
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index c34ecadee1200a4804ea732df0b3d8a7b4f6e174..015184bbf06c2afa9585b043859b0e5649bc5e4a 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ do_reset:
 
 static void subflow_set_local_id(struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow, int local_id)
 {
-	subflow->local_id = local_id;
-	subflow->local_id_valid = 1;
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(local_id < 0 || local_id > 255);
+	WRITE_ONCE(subflow->local_id, local_id);
 }
 
 static int subflow_chk_local_id(struct sock *sk)
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static int subflow_chk_local_id(struct sock *sk)
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(subflow->conn);
 	int err;
 
-	if (likely(subflow->local_id_valid))
+	if (likely(subflow->local_id >= 0))
 		return 0;
 
 	err = mptcp_pm_get_local_id(msk, (struct sock_common *)sk);
@@ -1731,6 +1731,7 @@ static struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow_create_ctx(struct sock *sk,
 	pr_debug("subflow=%p", ctx);
 
 	ctx->tcp_sock = sk;
+	WRITE_ONCE(ctx->local_id, -1);
 
 	return ctx;
 }
@@ -1966,7 +1967,7 @@ static void subflow_ulp_clone(const struct request_sock *req,
 		new_ctx->idsn = subflow_req->idsn;
 
 		/* this is the first subflow, id is always 0 */
-		new_ctx->local_id_valid = 1;
+		subflow_set_local_id(new_ctx, 0);
 	} else if (subflow_req->mp_join) {
 		new_ctx->ssn_offset = subflow_req->ssn_offset;
 		new_ctx->mp_join = 1;