diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index a11f9379047698886713a0f56a950bf93dd367b3..feada358d872f3bc5622f5787078fde4cbfa6a97 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -2075,6 +2075,8 @@ struct sctp_association {
 
 	__u64 abandoned_unsent[SCTP_PR_INDEX(MAX) + 1];
 	__u64 abandoned_sent[SCTP_PR_INDEX(MAX) + 1];
+
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/associola.c b/net/sctp/associola.c
index 6a28b96e779e68d5259138e11da17c1216e18b71..3702f48a931dfd4b619306eb686a2a4025a64735 100644
--- a/net/sctp/associola.c
+++ b/net/sctp/associola.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static void sctp_association_destroy(struct sctp_association *asoc)
 
 	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&asoc->rmem_alloc));
 
-	kfree(asoc);
+	kfree_rcu(asoc, rcu);
 	SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_DEC(assoc);
 }