diff --git a/net/sctp/output.c b/net/sctp/output.c
index 73b8ca51ba14..2d9689333fe4 100644
--- a/net/sctp/output.c
+++ b/net/sctp/output.c
@@ -618,7 +618,9 @@ out:
 	return err;
 no_route:
 	kfree_skb(nskb);
-	IP_INC_STATS(sock_net(asoc->base.sk), IPSTATS_MIB_OUTNOROUTES);
+
+	if (asoc)
+		IP_INC_STATS(sock_net(asoc->base.sk), IPSTATS_MIB_OUTNOROUTES);
 
 	/* FIXME: Returning the 'err' will effect all the associations
 	 * associated with a socket, although only one of the paths of the