diff --git a/net/mptcp/options.c b/net/mptcp/options.c
index e8a1adf299d8..e0d21c0607e5 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/options.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/options.c
@@ -875,10 +875,13 @@ static void ack_update_msk(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 
 	new_wnd_end = new_snd_una + tcp_sk(ssk)->snd_wnd;
 
-	if (after64(new_wnd_end, msk->wnd_end)) {
+	if (after64(new_wnd_end, msk->wnd_end))
 		msk->wnd_end = new_wnd_end;
-		__mptcp_wnd_updated(sk, ssk);
-	}
+
+	/* this assumes mptcp_incoming_options() is invoked after tcp_ack() */
+	if (after64(msk->wnd_end, READ_ONCE(msk->snd_nxt)) &&
+	    sk_stream_memory_free(ssk))
+		__mptcp_check_push(sk, ssk);
 
 	if (after64(new_snd_una, old_snd_una)) {
 		msk->snd_una = new_snd_una;
@@ -944,8 +947,8 @@ void mptcp_incoming_options(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		 * helpers are cheap.
 		 */
 		mptcp_data_lock(subflow->conn);
-		if (mptcp_send_head(subflow->conn))
-			__mptcp_wnd_updated(subflow->conn, sk);
+		if (sk_stream_memory_free(sk))
+			__mptcp_check_push(subflow->conn, sk);
 		__mptcp_data_acked(subflow->conn);
 		mptcp_data_unlock(subflow->conn);
 		return;
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 64c0c54c80e8..b53a91801a6c 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -2915,7 +2915,7 @@ void __mptcp_data_acked(struct sock *sk)
 		mptcp_schedule_work(sk);
 }
 
-void __mptcp_wnd_updated(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk)
+void __mptcp_check_push(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk)
 {
 	if (!mptcp_send_head(sk))
 		return;
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index 7cf9d110b85f..d67de793d363 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ void mptcp_rcv_space_init(struct mptcp_sock *msk, const struct sock *ssk);
 void mptcp_data_ready(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk);
 bool mptcp_finish_join(struct sock *sk);
 bool mptcp_schedule_work(struct sock *sk);
-void __mptcp_wnd_updated(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk);
+void __mptcp_check_push(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk);
 void __mptcp_data_acked(struct sock *sk);
 void mptcp_subflow_eof(struct sock *sk);
 bool mptcp_update_rcv_data_fin(struct mptcp_sock *msk, u64 data_fin_seq, bool use_64bit);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
index 2f649b431456..f039ee57eb3c 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ run_test 10 10 0 0 "balanced bwidth"
 run_test 10 10 1 50 "balanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
 
 # we still need some additional infrastructure to pass the following test-cases
-# run_test 30 10 0 0 "unbalanced bwidth"
-# run_test 30 10 1 50 "unbalanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
-# run_test 30 10 50 1 "unbalanced bwidth with opposed, unbalanced delay"
+run_test 30 10 0 0 "unbalanced bwidth"
+run_test 30 10 1 50 "unbalanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
+run_test 30 10 50 1 "unbalanced bwidth with opposed, unbalanced delay"
 exit $ret