diff --git a/sys/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c b/sys/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c
index 6e5cbe33283..274702b45fa 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/sctp_usrreq.c
@@ -291,8 +291,7 @@ sctp_ctlinput(int cmd, struct sockaddr *sa, void *vip)
 		    SCTP_DEFAULT_VRFID);
 		if ((stcb != NULL) &&
 		    (net != NULL) &&
-		    (inp != NULL) &&
-		    (inp->sctp_socket != NULL)) {
+		    (inp != NULL)) {
 			/* Check the verification tag */
 			if (ntohl(sh->v_tag) != 0) {
 				/*
diff --git a/sys/netinet/sctputil.c b/sys/netinet/sctputil.c
index 3f6ec551d48..ffb58ed5d02 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/sctputil.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/sctputil.c
@@ -6965,8 +6965,7 @@ sctp_recv_icmp_tunneled_packet(int cmd, struct sockaddr *sa, void *vip, void *ct
 	    SCTP_DEFAULT_VRFID);
 	if ((stcb != NULL) &&
 	    (net != NULL) &&
-	    (inp != NULL) &&
-	    (inp->sctp_socket != NULL)) {
+	    (inp != NULL)) {
 		/* Check the UDP port numbers */
 		if ((udp->uh_dport != net->port) ||
 		    (udp->uh_sport != htons(SCTP_BASE_SYSCTL(sctp_udp_tunneling_port)))) {
@@ -7092,8 +7091,7 @@ sctp_recv_icmp6_tunneled_packet(int cmd, struct sockaddr *sa, void *d, void *ctx
 	    &inp, &net, 1, SCTP_DEFAULT_VRFID);
 	if ((stcb != NULL) &&
 	    (net != NULL) &&
-	    (inp != NULL) &&
-	    (inp->sctp_socket != NULL)) {
+	    (inp != NULL)) {
 		/* Check the UDP port numbers */
 		if ((udp.uh_dport != net->port) ||
 		    (udp.uh_sport != htons(SCTP_BASE_SYSCTL(sctp_udp_tunneling_port)))) {
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/sctp6_usrreq.c b/sys/netinet6/sctp6_usrreq.c
index 647107d3ea2..cbe50d93eaa 100644
--- a/sys/netinet6/sctp6_usrreq.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/sctp6_usrreq.c
@@ -341,8 +341,7 @@ sctp6_ctlinput(int cmd, struct sockaddr *pktdst, void *d)
 		    &inp, &net, 1, SCTP_DEFAULT_VRFID);
 		if ((stcb != NULL) &&
 		    (net != NULL) &&
-		    (inp != NULL) &&
-		    (inp->sctp_socket != NULL)) {
+		    (inp != NULL)) {
 			/* Check the verification tag */
 			if (ntohl(sh.v_tag) != 0) {
 				/*