diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index f631c5ff4dbf..6abb1caf9836 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -4003,6 +4003,12 @@ SCTP_STATIC void sctp_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk)
 
 	/* Release our hold on the endpoint. */
 	sp = sctp_sk(sk);
+	/* This could happen during socket init, thus we bail out
+	 * early, since the rest of the below is not setup either.
+	 */
+	if (sp->ep == NULL)
+		return;
+
 	if (sp->do_auto_asconf) {
 		sp->do_auto_asconf = 0;
 		list_del(&sp->auto_asconf_list);