diff --git a/sys/netinet/sctp_input.c b/sys/netinet/sctp_input.c
index 0a8372a0736..dc31ffbc216 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/sctp_input.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/sctp_input.c
@@ -2329,7 +2329,7 @@ sctp_handle_cookie_echo(struct mbuf *m, int iphlen, int offset,
 	}
 	ep = &(*inp_p)->sctp_ep;
 	/* which cookie is it? */
-	if ((cookie->time_entered.tv_sec < (long)ep->time_of_secret_change) &&
+	if ((cookie->time_entered.tv_sec < ep->time_of_secret_change) &&
 	    (ep->current_secret_number != ep->last_secret_number)) {
 		/* it's the old cookie */
 		(void)sctp_hmac_m(SCTP_HMAC,
@@ -2352,7 +2352,7 @@ sctp_handle_cookie_echo(struct mbuf *m, int iphlen, int offset,
 	/* compare the received digest with the computed digest */
 	if (timingsafe_bcmp(calc_sig, sig, SCTP_SIGNATURE_SIZE) != 0) {
 		/* try the old cookie? */
-		if ((cookie->time_entered.tv_sec == (long)ep->time_of_secret_change) &&
+		if ((cookie->time_entered.tv_sec == ep->time_of_secret_change) &&
 		    (ep->current_secret_number != ep->last_secret_number)) {
 			/* compute digest with old */
 			(void)sctp_hmac_m(SCTP_HMAC,
diff --git a/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.c b/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.c
index 1509ac13901..65ac584827e 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.c
@@ -2570,7 +2570,7 @@ sctp_inpcb_alloc(struct socket *so, uint32_t vrf_id)
 
 	/* Setup the initial secret */
 	(void)SCTP_GETTIME_TIMEVAL(&time);
-	m->time_of_secret_change = (unsigned int)time.tv_sec;
+	m->time_of_secret_change = time.tv_sec;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < SCTP_NUMBER_OF_SECRETS; i++) {
 		m->secret_key[0][i] = sctp_select_initial_TSN(m);
diff --git a/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.h b/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.h
index e57e1365407..5c6ead92bf9 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.h
+++ b/sys/netinet/sctp_pcb.h
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ struct sctp_base_info {
  * access /dev/random.
  */
 struct sctp_pcb {
-	unsigned int time_of_secret_change;	/* number of seconds from
-						 * timeval.tv_sec */
+	time_t time_of_secret_change;	/* number of seconds from
+					 * timeval.tv_sec */
 	uint32_t secret_key[SCTP_HOW_MANY_SECRETS][SCTP_NUMBER_OF_SECRETS];
 	unsigned int size_of_a_cookie;
 
diff --git a/sys/netinet/sctputil.c b/sys/netinet/sctputil.c
index b23efd9c896..22d45d15054 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/sctputil.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/sctputil.c
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ sctp_timeout_handler(void *t)
 		    type, inp, stcb, net));
 		SCTP_STAT_INCR(sctps_timosecret);
 		(void)SCTP_GETTIME_TIMEVAL(&tv);
-		inp->sctp_ep.time_of_secret_change = (unsigned int)tv.tv_sec;
+		inp->sctp_ep.time_of_secret_change = tv.tv_sec;
 		inp->sctp_ep.last_secret_number =
 		    inp->sctp_ep.current_secret_number;
 		inp->sctp_ep.current_secret_number++;