diff --git a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
index 6ee44b24864a..a2ef81466b00 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
@@ -704,4 +704,17 @@ static inline void sctp_v4_map_v6(union sctp_addr *addr)
 	addr->v6.sin6_addr.s6_addr32[2] = htonl(0x0000ffff);
 }
 
+/* The cookie is always 0 since this is how it's used in the
+ * pmtu code.
+ */
+static inline struct dst_entry *sctp_transport_dst_check(struct sctp_transport *t)
+{
+	if (t->dst && !dst_check(t->dst, 0)) {
+		dst_release(t->dst);
+		t->dst = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return t->dst;
+}
+
 #endif /* __net_sctp_h__ */
diff --git a/net/sctp/output.c b/net/sctp/output.c
index 817174eb5f41..8fc4dcd294ab 100644
--- a/net/sctp/output.c
+++ b/net/sctp/output.c
@@ -377,9 +377,7 @@ int sctp_packet_transmit(struct sctp_packet *packet)
 	 */
 	skb_set_owner_w(nskb, sk);
 
-	/* The 'obsolete' field of dst is set to 2 when a dst is freed. */
-	if (!dst || (dst->obsolete > 1)) {
-		dst_release(dst);
+	if (!sctp_transport_dst_check(tp)) {
 		sctp_transport_route(tp, NULL, sctp_sk(sk));
 		if (asoc && (asoc->param_flags & SPP_PMTUD_ENABLE)) {
 			sctp_assoc_sync_pmtu(asoc);
diff --git a/net/sctp/transport.c b/net/sctp/transport.c
index 3889330b7b04..b026ba0c6992 100644
--- a/net/sctp/transport.c
+++ b/net/sctp/transport.c
@@ -226,23 +226,6 @@ void sctp_transport_pmtu(struct sctp_transport *transport, struct sock *sk)
 		transport->pathmtu = SCTP_DEFAULT_MAXSEGMENT;
 }
 
-/* this is a complete rip-off from __sk_dst_check
- * the cookie is always 0 since this is how it's used in the
- * pmtu code
- */
-static struct dst_entry *sctp_transport_dst_check(struct sctp_transport *t)
-{
-	struct dst_entry *dst = t->dst;
-
-	if (dst && dst->obsolete && dst->ops->check(dst, 0) == NULL) {
-		dst_release(t->dst);
-		t->dst = NULL;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	return dst;
-}
-
 void sctp_transport_update_pmtu(struct sctp_transport *t, u32 pmtu)
 {
 	struct dst_entry *dst;