diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index bf1059a9f125..8c04e8fb4488 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ bool mptcp_pm_alloc_anno_list(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 	add_entry = mptcp_lookup_anno_list_by_saddr(msk, addr);
 
 	if (add_entry) {
-		if (mptcp_pm_is_kernel(msk))
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(mptcp_pm_is_kernel(msk)))
 			return false;
 
 		sk_reset_timer(sk, &add_entry->add_timer,
@@ -567,8 +567,6 @@ static void mptcp_pm_create_subflow_or_signal_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 
 	/* check first for announce */
 	if (msk->pm.add_addr_signaled < add_addr_signal_max) {
-		local = select_signal_address(pernet, msk);
-
 		/* due to racing events on both ends we can reach here while
 		 * previous add address is still running: if we invoke now
 		 * mptcp_pm_announce_addr(), that will fail and the
@@ -579,11 +577,15 @@ static void mptcp_pm_create_subflow_or_signal_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 		if (msk->pm.addr_signal & BIT(MPTCP_ADD_ADDR_SIGNAL))
 			return;
 
+		local = select_signal_address(pernet, msk);
 		if (!local)
 			goto subflow;
 
+		/* If the alloc fails, we are on memory pressure, not worth
+		 * continuing, and trying to create subflows.
+		 */
 		if (!mptcp_pm_alloc_anno_list(msk, &local->addr))
-			goto subflow;
+			return;
 
 		__clear_bit(local->addr.id, msk->pm.id_avail_bitmap);
 		msk->pm.add_addr_signaled++;