diff --git a/include/net/sctp/constants.h b/include/net/sctp/constants.h
index 48d74674d5e952e46c5903629d30ea793fe71574..bc22e44ffcdf73b52ceffbf6f749c05968d2b2f2 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/constants.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/constants.h
@@ -348,8 +348,7 @@ enum {
 #define SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_MAX	SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_LINK
 
 /* Based on IPv4 scoping <draft-stewart-tsvwg-sctp-ipv4-00.txt>,
- * SCTP IPv4 unusable addresses: 0.0.0.0/8, 224.0.0.0/4, 198.18.0.0/24,
- * 192.88.99.0/24.
+ * SCTP IPv4 unusable addresses: 0.0.0.0/8, 224.0.0.0/4, 192.88.99.0/24.
  * Also, RFC 8.4, non-unicast addresses are not considered valid SCTP
  * addresses.
  */
@@ -357,7 +356,6 @@ enum {
 	((htonl(INADDR_BROADCAST) == a) ||  \
 	 ipv4_is_multicast(a) ||	    \
 	 ipv4_is_zeronet(a) ||		    \
-	 ipv4_is_test_198(a) ||		    \
 	 ipv4_is_anycast_6to4(a))
 
 /* Flags used for the bind address copy functions.  */
diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index dd51256582556d6e2fcdbd8a377ad63cb86cc782..7207a9769f1a9065e7c6fc09f0ca8c1e4b02fb56 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -412,7 +412,8 @@ static enum sctp_scope sctp_v4_scope(union sctp_addr *addr)
 		retval = SCTP_SCOPE_LINK;
 	} else if (ipv4_is_private_10(addr->v4.sin_addr.s_addr) ||
 		   ipv4_is_private_172(addr->v4.sin_addr.s_addr) ||
-		   ipv4_is_private_192(addr->v4.sin_addr.s_addr)) {
+		   ipv4_is_private_192(addr->v4.sin_addr.s_addr) ||
+		   ipv4_is_test_198(addr->v4.sin_addr.s_addr)) {
 		retval = SCTP_SCOPE_PRIVATE;
 	} else {
 		retval = SCTP_SCOPE_GLOBAL;