diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
index c2bd457bc2f2..74e037901199 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static int sctp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	old_state = new_state = SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX;
+	old_state = new_state = SCTP_CONNTRACK_NONE;
 	write_lock_bh(&sctp_lock);
 	for_each_sctp_chunk (skb, sch, _sch, offset, dataoff, count) {
 		/* Special cases of Verification tag check (Sec 8.5.1) */