diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 15ae018b386f..feb2ca69827a 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 static int sctp_writeable(struct sock *sk);
 static void sctp_wfree(struct sk_buff *skb);
 static int sctp_wait_for_sndbuf(struct sctp_association *asoc, long *timeo_p,
-				size_t msg_len, struct sock **orig_sk);
+				size_t msg_len);
 static int sctp_wait_for_packet(struct sock *sk, int *err, long *timeo_p);
 static int sctp_wait_for_connect(struct sctp_association *, long *timeo_p);
 static int sctp_wait_for_accept(struct sock *sk, long timeo);
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ static int sctp_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t msg_len)
 	timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
 	if (!sctp_wspace(asoc)) {
 		/* sk can be changed by peel off when waiting for buf. */
-		err = sctp_wait_for_sndbuf(asoc, &timeo, msg_len, &sk);
+		err = sctp_wait_for_sndbuf(asoc, &timeo, msg_len);
 		if (err) {
 			if (err == -ESRCH) {
 				/* asoc is already dead. */
@@ -8022,12 +8022,12 @@ void sctp_sock_rfree(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 /* Helper function to wait for space in the sndbuf.  */
 static int sctp_wait_for_sndbuf(struct sctp_association *asoc, long *timeo_p,
-				size_t msg_len, struct sock **orig_sk)
+				size_t msg_len)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = asoc->base.sk;
-	int err = 0;
 	long current_timeo = *timeo_p;
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+	int err = 0;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: asoc:%p, timeo:%ld, msg_len:%zu\n", __func__, asoc,
 		 *timeo_p, msg_len);
@@ -8056,17 +8056,13 @@ static int sctp_wait_for_sndbuf(struct sctp_association *asoc, long *timeo_p,
 		release_sock(sk);
 		current_timeo = schedule_timeout(current_timeo);
 		lock_sock(sk);
-		if (sk != asoc->base.sk) {
-			release_sock(sk);
-			sk = asoc->base.sk;
-			lock_sock(sk);
-		}
+		if (sk != asoc->base.sk)
+			goto do_error;
 
 		*timeo_p = current_timeo;
 	}
 
 out:
-	*orig_sk = sk;
 	finish_wait(&asoc->wait, &wait);
 
 	/* Release the association's refcnt.  */