diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 5307fff9d99530..1b2e7cbb577fc2 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ static bool mptcp_try_coalesce(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *to,
 	int delta;
 
 	if (MPTCP_SKB_CB(from)->offset ||
+	    ((to->len + from->len) > (sk->sk_rcvbuf >> 3)) ||
 	    !skb_try_coalesce(to, from, &fragstolen, &delta))
 		return false;