diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index 8edf1619f0e4..737b49909a7a 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ static int smc_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 	case TCP_FASTOPEN_KEY:
 	case TCP_FASTOPEN_NO_COOKIE:
 		/* option not supported by SMC */
-		if (sk->sk_state == SMC_INIT) {
+		if (sk->sk_state == SMC_INIT && !smc->connect_nonblock) {
 			smc_switch_to_fallback(smc);
 			smc->fallback_rsn = SMC_CLC_DECL_OPTUNSUPP;
 		} else {