diff --git a/net/sctp/transport.c b/net/sctp/transport.c
index 7ef77fd7b52a..e0c2a4e23039 100644
--- a/net/sctp/transport.c
+++ b/net/sctp/transport.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ unsigned long sctp_transport_timeout(struct sctp_transport *trans)
 	    trans->state != SCTP_PF)
 		timeout += trans->hbinterval;
 
-	return timeout;
+	return max_t(unsigned long, timeout, HZ / 5);
 }
 
 /* Reset transport variables to their initial values */