diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index faa48ff5cf4b..f23ad913dc7a 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -4285,19 +4285,18 @@ static void sctp_shutdown(struct sock *sk, int how)
 {
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 	struct sctp_endpoint *ep;
-	struct sctp_association *asoc;
 
 	if (!sctp_style(sk, TCP))
 		return;
 
-	if (how & SEND_SHUTDOWN) {
+	ep = sctp_sk(sk)->ep;
+	if (how & SEND_SHUTDOWN && !list_empty(&ep->asocs)) {
+		struct sctp_association *asoc;
+
 		sk->sk_state = SCTP_SS_CLOSING;
-		ep = sctp_sk(sk)->ep;
-		if (!list_empty(&ep->asocs)) {
-			asoc = list_entry(ep->asocs.next,
-					  struct sctp_association, asocs);
-			sctp_primitive_SHUTDOWN(net, asoc, NULL);
-		}
+		asoc = list_entry(ep->asocs.next,
+				  struct sctp_association, asocs);
+		sctp_primitive_SHUTDOWN(net, asoc, NULL);
 	}
 }