diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index d05c57664e36e073304e0dc083a9c1d4a342002d..ae65a1cfa596bc64c5276186f318f4e6f29f3657 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -2329,7 +2329,6 @@ int sctp_process_init(struct sctp_association *asoc, struct sctp_chunk *chunk,
 	union sctp_addr addr;
 	struct sctp_af *af;
 	int src_match = 0;
-	char *cookie;
 
 	/* We must include the address that the INIT packet came from.
 	 * This is the only address that matters for an INIT packet.
@@ -2433,14 +2432,6 @@ int sctp_process_init(struct sctp_association *asoc, struct sctp_chunk *chunk,
 	/* Peer Rwnd   : Current calculated value of the peer's rwnd.  */
 	asoc->peer.rwnd = asoc->peer.i.a_rwnd;
 
-	/* Copy cookie in case we need to resend COOKIE-ECHO. */
-	cookie = asoc->peer.cookie;
-	if (cookie) {
-		asoc->peer.cookie = kmemdup(cookie, asoc->peer.cookie_len, gfp);
-		if (!asoc->peer.cookie)
-			goto clean_up;
-	}
-
 	/* RFC 2960 7.2.1 The initial value of ssthresh MAY be arbitrarily
 	 * high (for example, implementations MAY use the size of the receiver
 	 * advertised window).
@@ -2609,7 +2600,9 @@ static int sctp_process_param(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 	case SCTP_PARAM_STATE_COOKIE:
 		asoc->peer.cookie_len =
 			ntohs(param.p->length) - sizeof(struct sctp_paramhdr);
-		asoc->peer.cookie = param.cookie->body;
+		asoc->peer.cookie = kmemdup(param.cookie->body, asoc->peer.cookie_len, gfp);
+		if (!asoc->peer.cookie)
+			retval = 0;
 		break;
 
 	case SCTP_PARAM_HEARTBEAT_INFO:
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
index 48fe8f01265f766b9290ab854679771ffaa33753..3131b4154c74d0d666698a9fa529003bdd0df280 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
@@ -898,6 +898,11 @@ static void sctp_cmd_new_state(struct sctp_cmd_seq *cmds,
 						asoc->rto_initial;
 	}
 
+	if (sctp_state(asoc, ESTABLISHED)) {
+		kfree(asoc->peer.cookie);
+		asoc->peer.cookie = NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (sctp_state(asoc, ESTABLISHED) ||
 	    sctp_state(asoc, CLOSED) ||
 	    sctp_state(asoc, SHUTDOWN_RECEIVED)) {