diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
index 7626f3e1c70a774968676d1111ee6376284afc17..72d0aa603cd61d44151e1a595150dc3cc681e5df 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
@@ -412,22 +412,29 @@ int nf_conntrack_sctp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
 	for_each_sctp_chunk (skb, sch, _sch, offset, dataoff, count) {
 		/* Special cases of Verification tag check (Sec 8.5.1) */
 		if (sch->type == SCTP_CID_INIT) {
-			/* Sec 8.5.1 (A) */
+			/* (A) vtag MUST be zero */
 			if (sh->vtag != 0)
 				goto out_unlock;
 		} else if (sch->type == SCTP_CID_ABORT) {
-			/* Sec 8.5.1 (B) */
-			if (sh->vtag != ct->proto.sctp.vtag[dir] &&
-			    sh->vtag != ct->proto.sctp.vtag[!dir])
+			/* (B) vtag MUST match own vtag if T flag is unset OR
+			 * MUST match peer's vtag if T flag is set
+			 */
+			if ((!(sch->flags & SCTP_CHUNK_FLAG_T) &&
+			     sh->vtag != ct->proto.sctp.vtag[dir]) ||
+			    ((sch->flags & SCTP_CHUNK_FLAG_T) &&
+			     sh->vtag != ct->proto.sctp.vtag[!dir]))
 				goto out_unlock;
 		} else if (sch->type == SCTP_CID_SHUTDOWN_COMPLETE) {
-			/* Sec 8.5.1 (C) */
-			if (sh->vtag != ct->proto.sctp.vtag[dir] &&
-			    sh->vtag != ct->proto.sctp.vtag[!dir] &&
-			    sch->flags & SCTP_CHUNK_FLAG_T)
+			/* (C) vtag MUST match own vtag if T flag is unset OR
+			 * MUST match peer's vtag if T flag is set
+			 */
+			if ((!(sch->flags & SCTP_CHUNK_FLAG_T) &&
+			     sh->vtag != ct->proto.sctp.vtag[dir]) ||
+			    ((sch->flags & SCTP_CHUNK_FLAG_T) &&
+			     sh->vtag != ct->proto.sctp.vtag[!dir]))
 				goto out_unlock;
 		} else if (sch->type == SCTP_CID_COOKIE_ECHO) {
-			/* Sec 8.5.1 (D) */
+			/* (D) vtag must be same as init_vtag as found in INIT_ACK */
 			if (sh->vtag != ct->proto.sctp.vtag[dir])
 				goto out_unlock;
 		} else if (sch->type == SCTP_CID_HEARTBEAT) {