diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index 7f53e022e27e..766a8409fa67 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -814,10 +814,13 @@ static void mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 			spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 
 			removed = true;
-			__MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), rm_type);
+			if (rm_type == MPTCP_MIB_RMSUBFLOW)
+				__MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), rm_type);
 		}
 		if (rm_type == MPTCP_MIB_RMSUBFLOW)
 			__set_bit(rm_id ? rm_id : msk->mpc_endpoint_id, msk->pm.id_avail_bitmap);
+		else if (rm_type == MPTCP_MIB_RMADDR)
+			__MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), rm_type);
 		if (!removed)
 			continue;
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index 2b66c5fa71eb..aea314d140c9 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -2250,7 +2250,8 @@ remove_tests()
 		pm_nl_set_limits $ns1 3 3
 		pm_nl_add_endpoint $ns1 10.0.12.1 flags signal
 		pm_nl_add_endpoint $ns1 10.0.3.1 flags signal
-		pm_nl_add_endpoint $ns1 10.0.14.1 flags signal
+		# broadcast IP: no packet for this address will be received on ns1
+		pm_nl_add_endpoint $ns1 224.0.0.1 flags signal
 		pm_nl_set_limits $ns2 3 3
 		addr_nr_ns1=-3 speed=10 \
 			run_tests $ns1 $ns2 10.0.1.1