diff --git a/net/sctp/diag.c b/net/sctp/diag.c
index 5a918e74bb82..2d0318a7352c 100644
--- a/net/sctp/diag.c
+++ b/net/sctp/diag.c
@@ -349,11 +349,9 @@ static int sctp_sock_filter(struct sctp_endpoint *ep, struct sctp_transport *tsp
 	struct sctp_comm_param *commp = p;
 	struct sock *sk = ep->base.sk;
 	const struct inet_diag_req_v2 *r = commp->r;
-	struct sctp_association *assoc =
-		list_entry(ep->asocs.next, struct sctp_association, asocs);
 
 	/* find the ep only once through the transports by this condition */
-	if (tsp->asoc != assoc)
+	if (!list_is_first(&tsp->asoc->asocs, &ep->asocs))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (r->sdiag_family != AF_UNSPEC && sk->sk_family != r->sdiag_family)