diff --git a/include/net/mptcp.h b/include/net/mptcp.h
index f7263fe2a2e4..0763fd6f7758 100644
--- a/include/net/mptcp.h
+++ b/include/net/mptcp.h
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ struct mptcp_ext {
 	u32		subflow_seq;
 	u16		data_len;
 	__sum16		csum;
+
+	struct_group(flags,
+
 	u8		use_map:1,
 			dsn64:1,
 			data_fin:1,
@@ -38,6 +41,8 @@ struct mptcp_ext {
 	u8		reset_reason:4,
 			csum_reqd:1,
 			infinite_map:1;
+
+	); /* end of flags group */
 };

 #define MPTCPOPT_HMAC_LEN	20
diff --git a/net/mptcp/options.c b/net/mptcp/options.c
index 8a1c5698983c..3fd40dbff82b 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/options.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/options.c
@@ -572,6 +572,11 @@ static bool mptcp_established_options_dss(struct