diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index a0b8356cd8c58..66e947054945d 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -1230,6 +1230,8 @@ static void mptcp_update_infinite_map(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 	mptcp_do_fallback(ssk);
 }
 
+#define MPTCP_MAX_GSO_SIZE (GSO_LEGACY_MAX_SIZE - (MAX_TCP_HEADER + 1))
+
 static int mptcp_sendmsg_frag(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk,
 			      struct mptcp_data_frag *dfrag,
 			      struct mptcp_sendmsg_info *info)
@@ -1256,6 +1258,8 @@ static int mptcp_sendmsg_frag(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk,
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	/* compute send limit */
+	if (unlikely(ssk->sk_gso_max_size > MPTCP_MAX_GSO_SIZE))
+		ssk->sk_gso_max_size = MPTCP_MAX_GSO_SIZE;
 	info->mss_now = tcp_send_mss(ssk, &info->size_goal, info->flags);
 	copy = info->size_goal;