diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 2cc46f0..b23428f 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -2029,11 +2029,11 @@
 			*errp = sctp_make_op_error_fixed(asoc, chunk);
 
 		if (*errp) {
-			sctp_init_cause_fixed(*errp, SCTP_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PARAM,
-					WORD_ROUND(ntohs(param.p->length)));
-			sctp_addto_chunk_fixed(*errp,
-					WORD_ROUND(ntohs(param.p->length)),
-					param.v);
+			if (!sctp_init_cause_fixed(*errp, SCTP_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PARAM,
+					WORD_ROUND(ntohs(param.p->length))))
+				sctp_addto_chunk_fixed(*errp,
+						WORD_ROUND(ntohs(param.p->length)),
+						param.v);
 		} else {
 			/* If there is no memory for generating the ERROR
 			 * report as specified, an ABORT will be triggered