diff --git a/include/net/sctp/ulpevent.h b/include/net/sctp/ulpevent.h
index 99b027b2adce..ca4693b4e09e 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/ulpevent.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/ulpevent.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static inline struct sctp_ulpevent *sctp_skb2event(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 void sctp_ulpevent_free(struct sctp_ulpevent *);
 int sctp_ulpevent_is_notification(const struct sctp_ulpevent *);
-void sctp_queue_purge_ulpevents(struct sk_buff_head *list);
+unsigned int sctp_queue_purge_ulpevents(struct sk_buff_head *list);
 
 struct sctp_ulpevent *sctp_ulpevent_make_assoc_change(
 	const struct sctp_association *asoc,
diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 08c6238802de..d3ccf7973c59 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -1384,6 +1384,7 @@ SCTP_STATIC void sctp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 	struct sctp_endpoint *ep;
 	struct sctp_association *asoc;
 	struct list_head *pos, *temp;
+	unsigned int data_was_unread;
 
 	SCTP_DEBUG_PRINTK("sctp_close(sk: 0x%p, timeout:%ld)\n", sk, timeout);
 
@@ -1393,6 +1394,10 @@ SCTP_STATIC void sctp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 
 	ep = sctp_sk(sk)->ep;
 
+	/* Clean up any skbs sitting on the receive queue.  */
+	data_was_unread = sctp_queue_purge_ulpevents(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
+	data_was_unread += sctp_queue_purge_ulpevents(&sctp_sk(sk)->pd_lobby);
+
 	/* Walk all associations on an endpoint.  */
 	list_for_each_safe(pos, temp, &ep->asocs) {
 		asoc = list_entry(pos, struct sctp_association, asocs);
@@ -1410,7 +1415,9 @@ SCTP_STATIC void sctp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER) && !sk->sk_lingertime) {
+		if (data_was_unread || !skb_queue_empty(&asoc->ulpq.lobby) ||
+		    !skb_queue_empty(&asoc->ulpq.reasm) ||
+		    (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER) && !sk->sk_lingertime)) {
 			struct sctp_chunk *chunk;
 
 			chunk = sctp_make_abort_user(asoc, NULL, 0);
@@ -1420,10 +1427,6 @@ SCTP_STATIC void sctp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 			sctp_primitive_SHUTDOWN(asoc, NULL);
 	}
 
-	/* Clean up any skbs sitting on the receive queue.  */
-	sctp_queue_purge_ulpevents(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
-	sctp_queue_purge_ulpevents(&sctp_sk(sk)->pd_lobby);
-
 	/* On a TCP-style socket, block for at most linger_time if set. */
 	if (sctp_style(sk, TCP) && timeout)
 		sctp_wait_for_close(sk, timeout);
diff --git a/net/sctp/ulpevent.c b/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
index e70e5fc87890..8a84017834c2 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
@@ -1081,9 +1081,19 @@ void sctp_ulpevent_free(struct sctp_ulpevent *event)
 }
 
 /* Purge the skb lists holding ulpevents. */
-void sctp_queue_purge_ulpevents(struct sk_buff_head *list)
+unsigned int sctp_queue_purge_ulpevents(struct sk_buff_head *list)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(list)) != NULL)
-		sctp_ulpevent_free(sctp_skb2event(skb));
+	unsigned int data_unread = 0;
+
+	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(list)) != NULL) {
+		struct sctp_ulpevent *event = sctp_skb2event(skb);
+
+		if (!sctp_ulpevent_is_notification(event))
+			data_unread += skb->len;
+
+		sctp_ulpevent_free(event);
+	}
+
+	return data_unread;
 }