diff --git a/net/sctp/stream.c b/net/sctp/stream.c
index 34ffe6c945a4..2012f61e250e 100644
--- a/net/sctp/stream.c
+++ b/net/sctp/stream.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static struct sctp_paramhdr *sctp_chunk_lookup_strreset_param(
 	struct sctp_reconf_chunk *hdr;
 	union sctp_params param;
 
-	if (!chunk)
+	if (!chunk || !chunk->transport)
 		return NULL;
 
 	hdr = (struct sctp_reconf_chunk *)chunk->chunk_hdr;