diff --git a/net/sctp/ipv6.c b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
index 7914f4a5cf66..4128c0d7f845 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ipv6.c
@@ -787,6 +787,8 @@ static void sctp_inet6_skb_msgname(struct sk_buff *skb, char *msgname,
 		if (ipv6_addr_type(&addr->v6.sin6_addr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL) {
 			struct sctp_ulpevent *ev = sctp_skb2event(skb);
 			addr->v6.sin6_scope_id = ev->iif;
+		} else {
+			addr->v6.sin6_scope_id = 0;
 		}
 	}