diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a67cc974d4ea..e61811733784 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7d54dc6876b83d6bb75b8f7e865b7b9051056d22
+refs/heads/master: 9abed245a6dc94c32b2f45a1ecc51a0829d11470
diff --git a/trunk/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/trunk/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index a66075a70f29..5ebbe808d801 100644
--- a/trunk/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/trunk/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -4064,11 +4064,6 @@ static sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_abort_violation(
 	struct sctp_chunk *chunk =  arg;
 	struct sctp_chunk *abort = NULL;
 
-	/* Make the abort chunk. */
-	abort = sctp_make_abort_violation(asoc, chunk, payload, paylen);
-	if (!abort)
-		goto nomem;
-
 	/* SCTP-AUTH, Section 6.3:
 	 *    It should be noted that if the receiver wants to tear
 	 *    down an association in an authenticated way only, the
@@ -4083,6 +4078,11 @@ static sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_abort_violation(
 	if (sctp_auth_recv_cid(SCTP_CID_ABORT, asoc))
 		goto discard;
 
+	/* Make the abort chunk. */
+	abort = sctp_make_abort_violation(asoc, chunk, payload, paylen);
+	if (!abort)
+		goto nomem;
+
 	if (asoc) {
 		sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_REPLY, SCTP_CHUNK(abort));
 		SCTP_INC_STATS(SCTP_MIB_OUTCTRLCHUNKS);