diff --git a/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.c b/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.c
index 7f10784ce43..6b4f1ce883d 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.c
@@ -4233,7 +4233,6 @@ sctp_aloc_assoc_locked(struct sctp_inpcb *inp, struct sockaddr *firstaddr,
 		LIST_REMOVE(stcb, sctp_asocs);
 		LIST_REMOVE(stcb, sctp_tcbasocidhash);
 		SCTP_ZONE_FREE(SCTP_BASE_INFO(ipi_zone_asoc), stcb);
-		SCTP_INP_WUNLOCK(inp);
 		SCTP_LTRACE_ERR_RET(inp, NULL, NULL, SCTP_FROM_SCTP_PCB, ENOBUFS);
 		*error = ENOBUFS;
 		return (NULL);