diff --git a/net/sctp/ipv6.c b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
index acb45b8c2a9d..d28c0b4c9128 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
@@ -323,14 +323,13 @@ static void sctp_v6_get_dst(struct sctp_transport *t, union sctp_addr *saddr,
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
 	if (baddr) {
 		fl6->saddr = baddr->v6.sin6_addr;
 		fl6->fl6_sport = baddr->v6.sin6_port;
 		final_p = fl6_update_dst(fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt), &final);
 		dst = ip6_dst_lookup_flow(sk, fl6, final_p);
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 out:
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dst)) {