diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/mptcp.h b/include/uapi/linux/mptcp.h
index a6451561f3f8..74cfe496891e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/mptcp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/mptcp.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct mptcp_info {
 	__u64	mptcpi_bytes_sent;
 	__u64	mptcpi_bytes_received;
 	__u64	mptcpi_bytes_acked;
+	__u8	mptcpi_subflows_total;
 };
 
 /* MPTCP Reset reason codes, rfc8684 */
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index fe6f2d399ee8..458a2d7bb0dd 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -1072,6 +1072,15 @@ static inline void __mptcp_do_fallback(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	set_bit(MPTCP_FALLBACK_DONE, &msk->flags);
 }
 
+static inline bool __mptcp_has_initial_subflow(const struct mptcp_sock *msk)
+{
+	struct sock *ssk = READ_ONCE(msk->first);
+
+	return ssk && ((1 << inet_sk_state_load(ssk)) &
+		       (TCPF_ESTABLISHED | TCPF_SYN_SENT |
+			TCPF_SYN_RECV | TCPF_LISTEN));
+}
+
 static inline void mptcp_do_fallback(struct sock *ssk)
 {
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow = mptcp_subflow_ctx(ssk);
diff --git a/net/mptcp/sockopt.c b/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
index 353680733700..cabe856b2a45 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
@@ -938,6 +938,8 @@ void mptcp_diag_fill_info(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct mptcp_info *info)
 	info->mptcpi_bytes_sent = msk->bytes_sent;
 	info->mptcpi_bytes_received = msk->bytes_received;
 	info->mptcpi_bytes_retrans = msk->bytes_retrans;
+	info->mptcpi_subflows_total = info->mptcpi_subflows +
+		__mptcp_has_initial_subflow(msk);
 	unlock_sock_fast(sk, slow);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mptcp_diag_fill_info);