diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 7ff444ecee7511ad7a8f496e4acfc48429918176..a40fa53c93efcc292dc3bd439992efd134eefcbc 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -4860,9 +4860,10 @@ int sctp_for_each_transport(int (*cb)(struct sctp_transport *, void *),
 			    struct net *net, int *pos, void *p) {
 	struct rhashtable_iter hti;
 	struct sctp_transport *tsp;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 again:
+	ret = 0;
 	sctp_transport_walk_start(&hti);
 
 	tsp = sctp_transport_get_idx(net, &hti, *pos + 1);