diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
index b4682aeabab9..274c5f008518 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ static void nft_exthdr_sctp_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	const struct sctp_chunkhdr *sch;
 	struct sctp_chunkhdr _sch;
 
+	if (pkt->tprot != IPPROTO_SCTP)
+		goto err;
+
 	do {
 		sch = skb_header_pointer(pkt->skb, offset, sizeof(_sch), &_sch);
 		if (!sch || !sch->length)
@@ -391,7 +394,7 @@ static void nft_exthdr_sctp_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		}
 		offset += SCTP_PAD4(ntohs(sch->length));
 	} while (offset < pkt->skb->len);
-
+err:
 	if (priv->flags & NFT_EXTHDR_F_PRESENT)
 		nft_reg_store8(dest, false);
 	else