diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 87e244be899a..6ca48b16f6bf 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -2596,6 +2596,9 @@ static int sctp_process_param(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 		addr_param = param.v + sizeof(sctp_addip_param_t);
 
 		af = sctp_get_af_specific(param_type2af(param.p->type));
+		if (af == NULL)
+			break;
+
 		af->from_addr_param(&addr, addr_param,
 				    htons(asoc->peer.port), 0);