diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
index 23e362c11801..e268f61d8eb0 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ int mptcp_userspace_pm_set_flags(struct net *net, struct nlattr *token,
 				 struct mptcp_pm_addr_entry *loc,
 				 struct mptcp_pm_addr_entry *rem, u8 bkup)
 {
+	struct mptcp_pm_addr_entry *entry;
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	struct sock *sk;
@@ -583,6 +584,17 @@ int mptcp_userspace_pm_set_flags(struct net *net, struct nlattr *token,
 	    rem->addr.family == AF_UNSPEC)
 		goto set_flags_err;
 
+	spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(entry, &msk->pm.userspace_pm_local_addr_list, list) {
+		if (mptcp_addresses_equal(&entry->addr, &loc->addr, false)) {
+			if (bkup)
+				entry->flags |= MPTCP_PM_ADDR_FLAG_BACKUP;
+			else
+				entry->flags &= ~MPTCP_PM_ADDR_FLAG_BACKUP;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
+
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	ret = mptcp_pm_nl_mp_prio_send_ack(msk, &loc->addr, &rem->addr, bkup);
 	release_sock(sk);