diff --git a/net/sctp/output.c b/net/sctp/output.c
index fc5e45b8a832d..abe7c2db24120 100644
--- a/net/sctp/output.c
+++ b/net/sctp/output.c
@@ -599,7 +599,9 @@ int sctp_packet_transmit(struct sctp_packet *packet)
 	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