diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 205630bb5010..d05b56641abc 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -535,7 +535,6 @@ struct sctp_datamsg {
 struct sctp_datamsg *sctp_datamsg_from_user(struct sctp_association *,
 					    struct sctp_sndrcvinfo *,
 					    struct iov_iter *);
-void sctp_datamsg_free(struct sctp_datamsg *);
 void sctp_datamsg_put(struct sctp_datamsg *);
 void sctp_chunk_fail(struct sctp_chunk *, int error);
 int sctp_chunk_abandoned(struct sctp_chunk *);
diff --git a/net/sctp/chunk.c b/net/sctp/chunk.c
index a3380917f197..3aa43073e0b9 100644
--- a/net/sctp/chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/chunk.c
@@ -70,19 +70,6 @@ static struct sctp_datamsg *sctp_datamsg_new(gfp_t gfp)
 	return msg;
 }
 
-void sctp_datamsg_free(struct sctp_datamsg *msg)
-{
-	struct sctp_chunk *chunk;
-
-	/* This doesn't have to be a _safe vairant because
-	 * sctp_chunk_free() only drops the refs.
-	 */
-	list_for_each_entry(chunk, &msg->chunks, frag_list)
-		sctp_chunk_free(chunk);
-
-	sctp_datamsg_put(msg);
-}
-
 /* Final destructruction of datamsg memory. */
 static void sctp_datamsg_destroy(struct sctp_datamsg *msg)
 {
diff --git a/net/sctp/input.c b/net/sctp/input.c
index 49d2cc751386..21a2d6b7abaf 100644
--- a/net/sctp/input.c
+++ b/net/sctp/input.c
@@ -937,7 +937,6 @@ static struct sctp_association *__sctp_lookup_association(
 	struct sctp_transport *t;
 	struct sctp_association *asoc = NULL;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	t = sctp_addrs_lookup_transport(net, local, peer);
 	if (!t || !sctp_transport_hold(t))
 		goto out;
@@ -949,7 +948,6 @@ static struct sctp_association *__sctp_lookup_association(
 	sctp_transport_put(t);
 
 out:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return asoc;
 }
 
@@ -962,7 +960,9 @@ struct sctp_association *sctp_lookup_association(struct net *net,
 {
 	struct sctp_association *asoc;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	asoc = __sctp_lookup_association(net, laddr, paddr, transportp);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return asoc;
 }
diff --git a/net/sctp/proc.c b/net/sctp/proc.c
index ded7d931a6a5..cfc3c7101a38 100644
--- a/net/sctp/proc.c
+++ b/net/sctp/proc.c
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ static void sctp_seq_dump_remote_addrs(struct seq_file *seq, struct sctp_associa
 	struct sctp_af *af;
 
 	primary = &assoc->peer.primary_addr;
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(transport, &assoc->peer.transport_addr_list,
 			transports) {
 		addr = &transport->ipaddr;
@@ -172,7 +171,6 @@ static void sctp_seq_dump_remote_addrs(struct seq_file *seq, struct sctp_associa
 		}
 		af->seq_dump_addr(seq, addr);
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static void *sctp_eps_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)