1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 2cc46f0962c..b23428f3c0d 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -2029,11 +2029,11 @@ static sctp_ierror_t sctp_process_unk_param(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
                         *errp = sctp_make_op_error_fixed(asoc, chunk);
 
                 if (*errp) {
-                        sctp_init_cause_fixed(*errp, SCTP_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PARAM,
-                                        WORD_ROUND(ntohs(param.p->length)));
-                        sctp_addto_chunk_fixed(*errp,
-                                        WORD_ROUND(ntohs(param.p->length)),
-                                        param.v);
+                        if (!sctp_init_cause_fixed(*errp, SCTP_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PARAM,
+                                        WORD_ROUND(ntohs(param.p->length))))
+                                sctp_addto_chunk_fixed(*errp,
+                                                WORD_ROUND(ntohs(param.p->length)),
+                                                param.v);
                 } else {
                         /* If there is no memory for generating the ERROR
                          * report as specified, an ABORT will be triggered