1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/sctp/associola.c b/net/sctp/associola.c
index 8472b8b349c4..abd51cef2413 100644
--- a/net/sctp/associola.c
+++ b/net/sctp/associola.c
@@ -599,11 +599,12 @@ struct sctp_transport *sctp_assoc_add_peer(struct sctp_association *asoc,
         /* Check to see if this is a duplicate. */
         peer = sctp_assoc_lookup_paddr(asoc, addr);
         if (peer) {
+                /* An UNKNOWN state is only set on transports added by
+                 * user in sctp_connectx() call.  Such transports should be
+                 * considered CONFIRMED per RFC 4960, Section 5.4.
+                 */
                 if (peer->state == SCTP_UNKNOWN) {
-                        if (peer_state == SCTP_ACTIVE)
-                                peer->state = SCTP_ACTIVE;
-                        if (peer_state == SCTP_UNCONFIRMED)
-                                peer->state = SCTP_UNCONFIRMED;
+                        peer->state = SCTP_ACTIVE;
                 }
                 return peer;
         }