diff --git a/net/sctp/auth.c b/net/sctp/auth.c
index 97e6ebd145001e9b642fcf59d882714fa814e53e..ae367c82e51239101c915996643bd46638e3de73 100644
--- a/net/sctp/auth.c
+++ b/net/sctp/auth.c
@@ -420,15 +420,15 @@ struct sctp_shared_key *sctp_auth_get_shkey(
 				const struct sctp_association *asoc,
 				__u16 key_id)
 {
-	struct sctp_shared_key *key = NULL;
+	struct sctp_shared_key *key;
 
 	/* First search associations set of endpoint pair shared keys */
 	key_for_each(key, &asoc->endpoint_shared_keys) {
 		if (key->key_id == key_id)
-			break;
+			return key;
 	}
 
-	return key;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /*