diff --git a/include/linux/sctp.h b/include/linux/sctp.h
index 6e26b86770f1c11cc0ac97e7b88e0c2e2020cf53..bfda7c66960c027b0dc168741d33e2bf9a48daa1 100644
--- a/include/linux/sctp.h
+++ b/include/linux/sctp.h
@@ -398,10 +398,10 @@ struct sctp_heartbeathdr {
 	struct sctp_paramhdr info;
 };
 
-typedef struct sctp_heartbeat_chunk {
+struct sctp_heartbeat_chunk {
 	struct sctp_chunkhdr chunk_hdr;
 	struct sctp_heartbeathdr hb_hdr;
-} sctp_heartbeat_chunk_t;
+};
 
 
 /* For the abort and shutdown ACK we must carry the init tag in the
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index 32ac90b22654470930560a75032821d8c97dfd6e..7bbee085b476cb1b4b338fd16fca12f6041af0e5 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -1088,7 +1088,8 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_beat_8_3(struct net *net,
 		return sctp_sf_pdiscard(net, ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);
 
 	/* Make sure that the HEARTBEAT chunk has a valid length. */
-	if (!sctp_chunk_length_valid(chunk, sizeof(sctp_heartbeat_chunk_t)))
+	if (!sctp_chunk_length_valid(chunk,
+				     sizeof(struct sctp_heartbeat_chunk)))
 		return sctp_sf_violation_chunklen(net, ep, asoc, type, arg,
 						  commands);