diff --git a/net/sctp/transport.c b/net/sctp/transport.c
index e2f8e369cd08d3cd3395d270cdac7e9c21f70c4d..7235a60326712186060ffc918b8cd14c596c2a3c 100644
--- a/net/sctp/transport.c
+++ b/net/sctp/transport.c
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ static struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_init(struct net *net,
 						  gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	/* Copy in the address.  */
-	peer->ipaddr = *addr;
 	peer->af_specific = sctp_get_af_specific(addr->sa.sa_family);
+	memcpy(&peer->ipaddr, addr, peer->af_specific->sockaddr_len);
 	memset(&peer->saddr, 0, sizeof(union sctp_addr));
 
 	peer->sack_generation = 0;