diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index a11f93790476..feada358d872 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -2075,6 +2075,8 @@ struct sctp_association {
 
 	__u64 abandoned_unsent[SCTP_PR_INDEX(MAX) + 1];
 	__u64 abandoned_sent[SCTP_PR_INDEX(MAX) + 1];
+
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/associola.c b/net/sctp/associola.c
index dd77ec3892b6..914750b819b2 100644
--- a/net/sctp/associola.c
+++ b/net/sctp/associola.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static void sctp_association_destroy(struct sctp_association *asoc)
 
 	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&asoc->rmem_alloc));
 
-	kfree(asoc);
+	kfree_rcu(asoc, rcu);
 	SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_DEC(assoc);
 }