diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index 591b44d3b7de..ae65b6b5973a 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -758,6 +758,13 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_do_5_1D_ce(struct net *net,
 		struct sctp_chunk auth;
 		sctp_ierror_t ret;
 
+		/* Make sure that we and the peer are AUTH capable */
+		if (!net->sctp.auth_enable || !new_asoc->peer.auth_capable) {
+			kfree_skb(chunk->auth_chunk);
+			sctp_association_free(new_asoc);
+			return sctp_sf_pdiscard(net, ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);
+		}
+
 		/* set-up our fake chunk so that we can process it */
 		auth.skb = chunk->auth_chunk;
 		auth.asoc = chunk->asoc;