diff --git a/net/sctp/output.c b/net/sctp/output.c
index c3b85497d0ab..6d56eec5785f 100644
--- a/net/sctp/output.c
+++ b/net/sctp/output.c
@@ -587,7 +587,9 @@ out:
 	return err;
 no_route:
 	kfree_skb(nskb);
-	IP_INC_STATS(&init_net, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTNOROUTES);
+
+	if (asoc)
+		IP_INC_STATS(&init_net, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTNOROUTES);
 
 	/* FIXME: Returning the 'err' will effect all the associations
 	 * associated with a socket, although only one of the paths of the