diff --git a/include/linux/sctp.h b/include/linux/sctp.h
index 07c12e98fa854782ad468eea6e46987574efa91c..c74ea93e36eb613b4896776e7fccc41c32983549 100644
--- a/include/linux/sctp.h
+++ b/include/linux/sctp.h
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ struct sctp_operr_chunk {
  *      9              No User Data
  *     10              Cookie Received While Shutting Down
  */
-typedef enum {
+enum sctp_error {
 
 	SCTP_ERROR_NO_ERROR	   = cpu_to_be16(0x00),
 	SCTP_ERROR_INV_STRM	   = cpu_to_be16(0x01),
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	 * 0x0105          Unsupported HMAC Identifier
 	 */
 	 SCTP_ERROR_UNSUP_HMAC	= cpu_to_be16(0x0105)
-} sctp_error_t;
+};
 
 
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index 3b121d2ca309fbdb7abfd2753adf26f454dc7cf2..1d12499629935eefa013c2b18e3978c004713976 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_do_5_1C_ack(struct net *net,
 			      (struct sctp_init_chunk *)chunk->chunk_hdr, chunk,
 			      &err_chunk)) {
 
-		sctp_error_t error = SCTP_ERROR_NO_RESOURCE;
+		enum sctp_error error = SCTP_ERROR_NO_RESOURCE;
 
 		/* This chunk contains fatal error. It is to be discarded.
 		 * Send an ABORT, with causes.  If there are no causes,