diff --git a/net/mptcp/mib.c b/net/mptcp/mib.c
index c30405e7683370d3e3f422ac9a7b0c625348b1ae..7884217f33eb2f75ea76086c7f7fbea7106b0c1a 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/mib.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/mib.c
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ static const struct snmp_mib mptcp_snmp_list[] = {
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPTCPRetrans", MPTCP_MIB_RETRANSSEGS),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPJoinNoTokenFound", MPTCP_MIB_JOINNOTOKEN),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPJoinSynRx", MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNRX),
+	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPJoinSynBackupRx", MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNBACKUPRX),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPJoinSynAckRx", MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNACKRX),
+	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPJoinSynAckBackupRx", MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNACKBACKUPRX),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPJoinSynAckHMacFailure", MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNACKMAC),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPJoinAckRx", MPTCP_MIB_JOINACKRX),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("MPJoinAckHMacFailure", MPTCP_MIB_JOINACKMAC),
diff --git a/net/mptcp/mib.h b/net/mptcp/mib.h
index 2704afd0dfe45249b1789d1c31732a982eafee65..66aa67f49d032c75e2821ed69be24b41e30a956a 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/mib.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/mib.h
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ enum linux_mptcp_mib_field {
 	MPTCP_MIB_RETRANSSEGS,		/* Segments retransmitted at the MPTCP-level */
 	MPTCP_MIB_JOINNOTOKEN,		/* Received MP_JOIN but the token was not found */
 	MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNRX,		/* Received a SYN + MP_JOIN */
+	MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNBACKUPRX,	/* Received a SYN + MP_JOIN + backup flag */
 	MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNACKRX,		/* Received a SYN/ACK + MP_JOIN */
+	MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNACKBACKUPRX,	/* Received a SYN/ACK + MP_JOIN + backup flag */
 	MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNACKMAC,	/* HMAC was wrong on SYN/ACK + MP_JOIN */
 	MPTCP_MIB_JOINACKRX,		/* Received an ACK + MP_JOIN */
 	MPTCP_MIB_JOINACKMAC,		/* HMAC was wrong on ACK + MP_JOIN */
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index a3778aee4e77f8dadc0b32500ee976a65aef8f86..be406197b1c4fd87e9c8dfd22d30fd2380c0f2b7 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ static int subflow_check_req(struct request_sock *req,
 			return 0;
 	} else if (opt_mp_join) {
 		SUBFLOW_REQ_INC_STATS(req, MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNRX);
+
+		if (mp_opt.backup)
+			SUBFLOW_REQ_INC_STATS(req, MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNBACKUPRX);
 	}
 
 	if (opt_mp_capable && listener->request_mptcp) {
@@ -577,6 +580,9 @@ static void subflow_finish_connect(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb)
 		subflow->mp_join = 1;
 		MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNACKRX);
 
+		if (subflow->backup)
+			MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_JOINSYNACKBACKUPRX);
+
 		if (subflow_use_different_dport(msk, sk)) {
 			pr_debug("synack inet_dport=%d %d",
 				 ntohs(inet_sk(sk)->inet_dport),