diff --git a/net/sctp/sysctl.c b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
index 7135e617ab0ffa7343a2d698e94c6a71d5334d9d..d354de5a6fe03390e9f75d979f04c9f766df81e0 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ static struct ctl_table sctp_net_table[] = {
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "cookie_hmac_alg",
+		.data		= &init_net.sctp.sctp_hmac_alg,
 		.maxlen		= 8,
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_sctp_do_hmac_alg,