diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index c7fc10724948..98ac0d7552a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1514,6 +1514,20 @@ cookie_preserve_enable - BOOLEAN
 
 	Default: 1
 
+cookie_hmac_alg - STRING
+	Select the hmac algorithm used when generating the cookie value sent by
+	a listening sctp socket to a connecting client in the INIT-ACK chunk.
+	Valid values are:
+	* md5
+	* sha1
+	* none
+	Ability to assign md5 or sha1 as the selected alg is predicated on the
+	configuarion of those algorithms at build time (CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5 and
+	CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1).
+
+	Default: Dependent on configuration.  MD5 if available, else SHA1 if
+	available, else none.
+
 rcvbuf_policy - INTEGER
 	Determines if the receive buffer is attributed to the socket or to
 	association.   SCTP supports the capability to create multiple
diff --git a/include/net/netns/sctp.h b/include/net/netns/sctp.h
index 5e5eb1f9f14b..3573a81815ad 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/sctp.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/sctp.h
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ struct netns_sctp {
 	/* Whether Cookie Preservative is enabled(1) or not(0) */
 	int cookie_preserve_enable;
 
+	/* The namespace default hmac alg */
+	char *sctp_hmac_alg;
+
 	/* Valid.Cookie.Life	    - 60  seconds  */
 	unsigned int valid_cookie_life;
 
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/constants.h b/include/net/sctp/constants.h
index d053d2e99876..c29707d654c0 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/constants.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/constants.h
@@ -312,14 +312,6 @@ enum { SCTP_MAX_GABS = 16 };
 				 * functions simpler to write.
 				 */
 
-#if defined (CONFIG_SCTP_HMAC_MD5)
-#define SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_ALG "hmac(md5)"
-#elif defined (CONFIG_SCTP_HMAC_SHA1)
-#define SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_ALG "hmac(sha1)"
-#else
-#define SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_ALG NULL
-#endif
-
 /* These return values describe the success or failure of a number of
  * routines which form the lower interface to SCTP_outqueue.
  */
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 64158aa1bb5f..2b2f61dd4036 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ struct sctp_sock {
 
 	/* Access to HMAC transform. */
 	struct crypto_hash *hmac;
+	char *sctp_hmac_alg;
 
 	/* What is our base endpointer? */
 	struct sctp_endpoint *ep;
diff --git a/net/sctp/Kconfig b/net/sctp/Kconfig
index 126b014eb79b..a9edd2e205f4 100644
--- a/net/sctp/Kconfig
+++ b/net/sctp/Kconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ menuconfig IP_SCTP
 	select CRYPTO
 	select CRYPTO_HMAC
 	select CRYPTO_SHA1
-	select CRYPTO_MD5 if SCTP_HMAC_MD5
 	select LIBCRC32C
 	---help---
 	  Stream Control Transmission Protocol
@@ -68,33 +67,21 @@ config SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT
 
 	  If unsure, say N
 
-choice
-	prompt "SCTP: Cookie HMAC Algorithm"
-	default SCTP_HMAC_MD5
+config SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5
+	bool "Enable optional MD5 hmac cookie generation"
 	help
-	  HMAC algorithm to be used during association initialization.  It
-	  is strongly recommended to use HMAC-SHA1 or HMAC-MD5.  See 
-	  configuration for Cryptographic API and enable those algorithms
-          to make usable by SCTP. 
+	  Enable optional MD5 hmac based SCTP cookie generation
+	default y
+	select CRYPTO_HMAC if SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5
+	select CRYPTO_MD5 if SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5
 
-config SCTP_HMAC_NONE
-	bool "None"
-	help 
-	  Choosing this disables the use of an HMAC during association 
-	  establishment.  It is advised to use either HMAC-MD5 or HMAC-SHA1.
-
-config SCTP_HMAC_SHA1
-	bool "HMAC-SHA1"
-	help 
-	  Enable the use of HMAC-SHA1 during association establishment.  It 
-	  is advised to use either HMAC-MD5 or HMAC-SHA1.
-
-config SCTP_HMAC_MD5
-	bool "HMAC-MD5"
+config SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_SHA1
+	bool "Enable optional SHA1 hmac cookie generation"
 	help
-	  Enable the use of HMAC-MD5 during association establishment.  It is 
-	  advised to use either HMAC-MD5 or HMAC-SHA1.
+	  Enable optional SHA1 hmac based SCTP cookie generation
+	default y
+	select CRYPTO_HMAC if SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_SHA1
+	select CRYPTO_SHA1 if SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_SHA1
 
-endchoice
 
 endif # IP_SCTP
diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index 2d518425d598..456bc3dbdd51 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -1190,6 +1190,15 @@ static int sctp_net_init(struct net *net)
 	/* Whether Cookie Preservative is enabled(1) or not(0) */
 	net->sctp.cookie_preserve_enable 	= 1;
 
+	/* Default sctp sockets to use md5 as their hmac alg */
+#if defined (CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5)
+	net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg			= "md5";
+#elif defined (CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1)
+	net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg			= "sha1";
+#else
+	net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg			= NULL;
+#endif
+
 	/* Max.Burst		    - 4 */
 	net->sctp.max_burst			= SCTP_DEFAULT_MAX_BURST;
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 59d16ea927f0..fa81bdee00a5 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ static int sctp_do_bind(struct sock *, union sctp_addr *, int);
 static int sctp_autobind(struct sock *sk);
 static void sctp_sock_migrate(struct sock *, struct sock *,
 			      struct sctp_association *, sctp_socket_type_t);
-static char *sctp_hmac_alg = SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_ALG;
 
 extern struct kmem_cache *sctp_bucket_cachep;
 extern long sysctl_sctp_mem[3];
@@ -3890,6 +3889,8 @@ SCTP_STATIC int sctp_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
 	sp->default_rcv_context = 0;
 	sp->max_burst = net->sctp.max_burst;
 
+	sp->sctp_hmac_alg = net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg;
+
 	/* Initialize default setup parameters. These parameters
 	 * can be modified with the SCTP_INITMSG socket option or
 	 * overridden by the SCTP_INIT CMSG.
@@ -5981,13 +5982,15 @@ SCTP_STATIC int sctp_listen_start(struct sock *sk, int backlog)
 	struct sctp_sock *sp = sctp_sk(sk);
 	struct sctp_endpoint *ep = sp->ep;
 	struct crypto_hash *tfm = NULL;
+	char alg[32];
 
 	/* Allocate HMAC for generating cookie. */
-	if (!sctp_sk(sk)->hmac && sctp_hmac_alg) {
-		tfm = crypto_alloc_hash(sctp_hmac_alg, 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
+	if (!sp->hmac && sp->sctp_hmac_alg) {
+		sprintf(alg, "hmac(%s)", sp->sctp_hmac_alg);
+		tfm = crypto_alloc_hash(alg, 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
 		if (IS_ERR(tfm)) {
 			net_info_ratelimited("failed to load transform for %s: %ld\n",
-					     sctp_hmac_alg, PTR_ERR(tfm));
+					     sp->sctp_hmac_alg, PTR_ERR(tfm));
 			return -ENOSYS;
 		}
 		sctp_sk(sk)->hmac = tfm;
diff --git a/net/sctp/sysctl.c b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
index 70e3ba5cb50b..043889ac86c0 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ extern long sysctl_sctp_mem[3];
 extern int sysctl_sctp_rmem[3];
 extern int sysctl_sctp_wmem[3];
 
+static int proc_sctp_do_hmac_alg(ctl_table *ctl,
+				int write,
+				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+
+				loff_t *ppos);
 static ctl_table sctp_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "sctp_mem",
@@ -146,6 +151,12 @@ static ctl_table sctp_net_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "cookie_hmac_alg",
+		.maxlen		= 8,
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_sctp_do_hmac_alg,
+	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "valid_cookie_life",
 		.data		= &init_net.sctp.valid_cookie_life,
@@ -289,6 +300,54 @@ static ctl_table sctp_net_table[] = {
 	{ /* sentinel */ }
 };
 
+static int proc_sctp_do_hmac_alg(ctl_table *ctl,
+				int write,
+				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+				loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
+	char tmp[8];
+	ctl_table tbl;
+	int ret;
+	int changed = 0;
+	char *none = "none";
+
+	memset(&tbl, 0, sizeof(struct ctl_table));
+
+	if (write) {
+		tbl.data = tmp;
+		tbl.maxlen = 8;
+	} else {
+		tbl.data = net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg ? : none;
+		tbl.maxlen = strlen(tbl.data);
+	}
+		ret = proc_dostring(&tbl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+
+	if (write) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5
+		if (!strncmp(tmp, "md5", 3)) {
+			net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg = "md5";
+			changed = 1;
+		}
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1
+		if (!strncmp(tmp, "sha1", 4)) {
+			net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg = "sha1";
+			changed = 1;
+		}
+#endif
+		if (!strncmp(tmp, "none", 4)) {
+			net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg = NULL;
+			changed = 1;
+		}
+
+		if (!changed)
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int sctp_sysctl_net_register(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct ctl_table *table;