diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index a7dd7d8..af54a87 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ static bool mptcp_check_data_fin(struct sock *sk)
 		WRITE_ONCE(msk->ack_seq, msk->ack_seq + 1);
 		WRITE_ONCE(msk->rcv_data_fin, 0);
 
-		sk->sk_shutdown |= RCV_SHUTDOWN;
+		WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_shutdown, sk->sk_shutdown | RCV_SHUTDOWN);
 		smp_mb__before_atomic(); /* SHUTDOWN must be visible first */
 
 		switch (sk->sk_state) {
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static void mptcp_check_for_eof(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 		/* hopefully temporary hack: propagate shutdown status
 		 * to msk, when all subflows agree on it
 		 */
-		sk->sk_shutdown |= RCV_SHUTDOWN;
+		WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_shutdown, sk->sk_shutdown | RCV_SHUTDOWN);
 
 		smp_mb__before_atomic(); /* SHUTDOWN must be visible first */
 		sk->sk_data_ready(sk);
@@ -2526,7 +2526,7 @@ static void mptcp_check_fastclose(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	}
 
 	inet_sk_state_store(sk, TCP_CLOSE);
-	sk->sk_shutdown = SHUTDOWN_MASK;
+	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_shutdown, SHUTDOWN_MASK);
 	smp_mb__before_atomic(); /* SHUTDOWN must be visible first */
 	set_bit(MPTCP_WORK_CLOSE_SUBFLOW, &msk->flags);
 
@@ -2958,7 +2958,7 @@ bool __mptcp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 	bool do_cancel_work = false;
 	int subflows_alive = 0;
 
-	sk->sk_shutdown = SHUTDOWN_MASK;
+	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_shutdown, SHUTDOWN_MASK);
 
 	if ((1 << sk->sk_state) & (TCPF_LISTEN | TCPF_CLOSE)) {
 		mptcp_listen_inuse_dec(sk);
@@ -3101,7 +3101,7 @@ static int mptcp_disconnect(struct sock *sk, int flags)
 	mptcp_pm_data_reset(msk);
 	mptcp_ca_reset(sk);
 
-	sk->sk_shutdown = 0;
+	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_shutdown, 0);
 	sk_error_report(sk);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -3806,9 +3806,6 @@ static __poll_t mptcp_check_writeable(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)msk;
 
-	if (unlikely(sk->sk_shutdown & SEND_SHUTDOWN))
-		return EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
-
 	if (sk_stream_is_writeable(sk))
 		return EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
 
@@ -3826,6 +3823,7 @@ static __poll_t mptcp_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock,
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk;
 	__poll_t mask = 0;
+	u8 shutdown;
 	int state;
 
 	msk = mptcp_sk(sk);
@@ -3842,17 +3840,22 @@ static __poll_t mptcp_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock,
 		return inet_csk_listen_poll(ssock->sk);
 	}
 
+	shutdown = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_shutdown);
+	if (shutdown == SHUTDOWN_MASK || state == TCP_CLOSE)
+		mask |= EPOLLHUP;
+	if (shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
+		mask |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM | EPOLLRDHUP;
+
 	if (state != TCP_SYN_SENT && state != TCP_SYN_RECV) {
 		mask |= mptcp_check_readable(msk);
-		mask |= mptcp_check_writeable(msk);
+		if (shutdown & SEND_SHUTDOWN)
+			mask |= EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
+		else
+			mask |= mptcp_check_writeable(msk);
 	} else if (state == TCP_SYN_SENT && inet_sk(sk)->defer_connect) {
 		/* cf tcp_poll() note about TFO */
 		mask |= EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM;
 	}
-	if (sk->sk_shutdown == SHUTDOWN_MASK || state == TCP_CLOSE)
-		mask |= EPOLLHUP;
-	if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
-		mask |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM | EPOLLRDHUP;
 
 	/* This barrier is coupled with smp_wmb() in __mptcp_error_report() */
 	smp_rmb();