1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index f631c5ff4dbf..6abb1caf9836 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -4003,6 +4003,12 @@ SCTP_STATIC void sctp_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk)
 
         /* Release our hold on the endpoint. */
         sp = sctp_sk(sk);
+        /* This could happen during socket init, thus we bail out
+         * early, since the rest of the below is not setup either.
+         */
+        if (sp->ep == NULL)
+                return;
+
         if (sp->do_auto_asconf) {
                 sp->do_auto_asconf = 0;
                 list_del(&sp->auto_asconf_list);