diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index bba877a0205b..c1c1bda334a4 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -1945,8 +1945,10 @@ static int sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 		if (sp->strm_interleave) {
 			timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, 0);
 			err = sctp_wait_for_connect(asoc, &timeo);
-			if (err)
+			if (err) {
+				err = -ESRCH;
 				goto err;
+			}
 		} else {
 			wait_connect = true;
 		}