diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 5f9a7c0282740dee596c002c5d7ea4b9821bde99..5b44d228b6cacc720300d9f5951115a95a828163 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -858,11 +858,7 @@ struct sctp_chunk *sctp_make_shutdown(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
 	struct sctp_chunk *retval;
 	__u32 ctsn;
 
-	if (chunk && chunk->asoc)
-		ctsn = sctp_tsnmap_get_ctsn(&chunk->asoc->peer.tsn_map);
-	else
-		ctsn = sctp_tsnmap_get_ctsn(&asoc->peer.tsn_map);
-
+	ctsn = sctp_tsnmap_get_ctsn(&asoc->peer.tsn_map);
 	shut.cum_tsn_ack = htonl(ctsn);
 
 	retval = sctp_make_control(asoc, SCTP_CID_SHUTDOWN, 0,