diff --git a/include/trace/events/mptcp.h b/include/trace/events/mptcp.h
index 09e72215b9f9bb53ec363d7690e9b87a09d172cb..085b749cdd97e6598dd1c66631f45eda3b73ee14 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/mptcp.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/mptcp.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mptcp_subflow_get_send,
 		struct sock *ssk;
 
 		__entry->active = mptcp_subflow_active(subflow);
-		__entry->backup = subflow->backup;
+		__entry->backup = subflow->backup || subflow->request_bkup;
 
 		if (subflow->tcp_sock && sk_fullsock(subflow->tcp_sock))
 			__entry->free = sk_stream_memory_free(subflow->tcp_sock);
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index a26c2c840fd9ca6e1bd90aa57e0a11c122534eca..a2fc54ed68c01130f34087485962dd1abfc1c3d8 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -1422,13 +1422,15 @@ struct sock *mptcp_subflow_get_send(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	}
 
 	mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow) {
+		bool backup = subflow->backup || subflow->request_bkup;
+
 		trace_mptcp_subflow_get_send(subflow);
 		ssk =  mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
 		if (!mptcp_subflow_active(subflow))
 			continue;
 
 		tout = max(tout, mptcp_timeout_from_subflow(subflow));
-		nr_active += !subflow->backup;
+		nr_active += !backup;
 		pace = subflow->avg_pacing_rate;
 		if (unlikely(!pace)) {
 			/* init pacing rate from socket */
@@ -1439,9 +1441,9 @@ struct sock *mptcp_subflow_get_send(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 		}
 
 		linger_time = div_u64((u64)READ_ONCE(ssk->sk_wmem_queued) << 32, pace);
-		if (linger_time < send_info[subflow->backup].linger_time) {
-			send_info[subflow->backup].ssk = ssk;
-			send_info[subflow->backup].linger_time = linger_time;
+		if (linger_time < send_info[backup].linger_time) {
+			send_info[backup].ssk = ssk;
+			send_info[backup].linger_time = linger_time;
 		}
 	}
 	__mptcp_set_timeout(sk, tout);