diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index 7b823d759141..8e89a870780c 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -1556,6 +1556,12 @@ static enum sctp_disposition sctp_sf_do_unexpected_init(
 	/* Tag the variable length parameters.  */
 	chunk->param_hdr.v = skb_pull(chunk->skb, sizeof(struct sctp_inithdr));
 
+	if (asoc->state >= SCTP_STATE_ESTABLISHED) {
+		/* Discard INIT matching peer vtag after handshake completion (stale INIT). */
+		if (ntohl(chunk->subh.init_hdr->init_tag) == asoc->peer.i.init_tag)
+			return sctp_sf_pdiscard(net, ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);
+	}
+
 	/* Verify the INIT chunk before processing it. */
 	err_chunk = NULL;
 	if (!sctp_verify_init(net, ep, asoc, chunk->chunk_hdr->type,