1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index ac0833c19450..3c08d334d4a8 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -674,21 +674,19 @@ static int sctp_ctl_sock_init(void)
 {
         int err;
         sa_family_t family;
-        struct socket *socket;
 
         if (sctp_get_pf_specific(PF_INET6))
                 family = PF_INET6;
         else
                 family = PF_INET;
 
-        err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&socket, family,
+        err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&sctp_ctl_sock, family,
                                    SOCK_SEQPACKET, IPPROTO_SCTP);
         if (err < 0) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR
                        "SCTP: Failed to create the SCTP control socket.\n");
                 return err;
         }
-        sctp_ctl_sock = socket->sk;
         return 0;
 }