diff --git a/net/mptcp/sockopt.c b/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
index 116e3008231b..1afa8245f27c 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
@@ -181,8 +181,6 @@ static int mptcp_setsockopt_sol_socket_int(struct mptcp_sock *msk, int optname,
 
 	switch (optname) {
 	case SO_KEEPALIVE:
-		mptcp_sol_socket_sync_intval(msk, optname, val);
-		return 0;
 	case SO_DEBUG:
 	case SO_MARK:
 	case SO_PRIORITY: