diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
index fef2acdf4a2e..85e6f03aeb70 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static void sctp_cmd_transport_on(sctp_cmd_seq_t *cmds,
 	 * outstanding data and rely on the retransmission limit be reached
 	 * to shutdown the association.
 	 */
-	if (t->asoc->state != SCTP_STATE_SHUTDOWN_PENDING)
+	if (t->asoc->state < SCTP_STATE_SHUTDOWN_PENDING)
 		t->asoc->overall_error_count = 0;
 
 	/* Clear the hb_sent flag to signal that we had a good