diff --git a/net/sctp/auth.c b/net/sctp/auth.c
index 159b9bc5d633..94a12de58691 100644
--- a/net/sctp/auth.c
+++ b/net/sctp/auth.c
@@ -200,10 +200,14 @@ static struct sctp_auth_bytes *sctp_auth_make_key_vector(
 	struct sctp_auth_bytes *new;
 	__u32	len;
 	__u32	offset = 0;
+	__u16	random_len, hmacs_len, chunks_len = 0;
 
-	len = ntohs(random->param_hdr.length) + ntohs(hmacs->param_hdr.length);
-        if (chunks)
-		len += ntohs(chunks->param_hdr.length);
+	random_len = ntohs(random->param_hdr.length);
+	hmacs_len = ntohs(hmacs->param_hdr.length);
+	if (chunks)
+		chunks_len = ntohs(chunks->param_hdr.length);
+
+	len = random_len + hmacs_len + chunks_len;
 
 	new = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sctp_auth_bytes) + len, gfp);
 	if (!new)
@@ -211,16 +215,15 @@ static struct sctp_auth_bytes *sctp_auth_make_key_vector(
 
 	new->len = len;
 
-	memcpy(new->data, random, ntohs(random->param_hdr.length));
-	offset += ntohs(random->param_hdr.length);
+	memcpy(new->data, random, random_len);
+	offset += random_len;
 
 	if (chunks) {
-		memcpy(new->data + offset, chunks,
-			ntohs(chunks->param_hdr.length));
-		offset += ntohs(chunks->param_hdr.length);
+		memcpy(new->data + offset, chunks, chunks_len);
+		offset += chunks_len;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(new->data + offset, hmacs, ntohs(hmacs->param_hdr.length));
+	memcpy(new->data + offset, hmacs, hmacs_len);
 
 	return new;
 }