diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 89ab66e54740..67fdac9d2d33 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -2087,8 +2087,7 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_autoclose(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval,
 	if (copy_from_user(&sp->autoclose, optval, optlen))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	/* make sure it won't exceed MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT */
-	if (sp->autoclose > (MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ) )
-		sp->autoclose = (__u32)(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ) ;
+	sp->autoclose = min_t(long, sp->autoclose, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ);
 
 	return 0;
 }