diff --git a/net/mptcp/options.c b/net/mptcp/options.c
index f69a1cadb13f..e515ba9ccb5d 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/options.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/options.c
@@ -1321,6 +1321,7 @@ void mptcp_write_options(__be32 *ptr, const struct tcp_sock *tp,
 				put_unaligned_be32(mpext->data_len << 16 |
 						   TCPOPT_NOP << 8 | TCPOPT_NOP, ptr);
 			}
+			ptr += 1;
 		}
 	} else if ((OPTION_MPTCP_MPC_SYN | OPTION_MPTCP_MPC_SYNACK |
 		    OPTION_MPTCP_MPC_ACK) & opts->suboptions) {