diff --git a/net/sctp/endpointola.c b/net/sctp/endpointola.c
index 9da76ba4d10fe..3550f07843069 100644
--- a/net/sctp/endpointola.c
+++ b/net/sctp/endpointola.c
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@ static struct sctp_endpoint *sctp_endpoint_init(struct sctp_endpoint *ep,
 	/* Initialize the bind addr area */
 	sctp_bind_addr_init(&ep->base.bind_addr, 0);
 
-	/* Remember who we are attached to.  */
-	ep->base.sk = sk;
-	sock_hold(ep->base.sk);
-
 	/* Create the lists of associations.  */
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ep->asocs);
 
@@ -165,6 +161,10 @@ static struct sctp_endpoint *sctp_endpoint_init(struct sctp_endpoint *ep,
 	ep->auth_hmacs_list = auth_hmacs;
 	ep->auth_chunk_list = auth_chunks;
 
+	/* Remember who we are attached to.  */
+	ep->base.sk = sk;
+	sock_hold(ep->base.sk);
+
 	return ep;
 
 nomem_hmacs: