diff --git a/include/net/sctp/constants.h b/include/net/sctp/constants.h
index 922fba5880d6..acb03eb64842 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/constants.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/constants.h
@@ -341,12 +341,14 @@ typedef enum {
 	SCTP_SCOPE_UNUSABLE,		/* IPv4 unusable addresses */
 } sctp_scope_t;
 
-typedef enum {
+enum {
 	SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_DISABLE,	/* Disable IPv4 address scoping */
 	SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_ENABLE,	/* Enable IPv4 address scoping */
 	SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_PRIVATE,	/* Follow draft but allow IPv4 private addresses */
 	SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_LINK,		/* Follow draft but allow IPv4 link local addresses */
-} sctp_scope_policy_t;
+};
+
+#define SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_MAX	SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_LINK
 
 /* Based on IPv4 scoping <draft-stewart-tsvwg-sctp-ipv4-00.txt>,
  * SCTP IPv4 unusable addresses: 0.0.0.0/8, 224.0.0.0/4, 198.18.0.0/24,
diff --git a/net/sctp/sysctl.c b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
index 0e732f68c2bf..ef7ca44d6e6a 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int timer_max = 86400000; /* ms in one day */
 static int int_max = INT_MAX;
 static int sack_timer_min = 1;
 static int sack_timer_max = 500;
-static int addr_scope_max = 3; /* check sctp_scope_policy_t in include/net/sctp/constants.h for max entries */
+static int addr_scope_max = SCTP_SCOPE_POLICY_MAX;
 static int rwnd_scale_max = 16;
 static int rto_alpha_min = 0;
 static int rto_beta_min = 0;