diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 7075ac847fde..981aaf8b6ace 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include <linux/crypto.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/compat.h>
 
 #include <net/ip.h>
 #include <net/icmp.h>
@@ -1368,11 +1369,19 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_connectx(struct sock *sk,
 /*
  * New (hopefully final) interface for the API.
  * We use the sctp_getaddrs_old structure so that use-space library
- * can avoid any unnecessary allocations.   The only defferent part
+ * can avoid any unnecessary allocations. The only different part
  * is that we store the actual length of the address buffer into the
- * addrs_num structure member.  That way we can re-use the existing
+ * addrs_num structure member. That way we can re-use the existing
  * code.
  */
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+struct compat_sctp_getaddrs_old {
+	sctp_assoc_t	assoc_id;
+	s32		addr_num;
+	compat_uptr_t	addrs;		/* struct sockaddr * */
+};
+#endif
+
 static int sctp_getsockopt_connectx3(struct sock *sk, int len,
 				     char __user *optval,
 				     int __user *optlen)
@@ -1381,16 +1390,30 @@ static int sctp_getsockopt_connectx3(struct sock *sk, int len,
 	sctp_assoc_t assoc_id = 0;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (len < sizeof(param))
-		return -EINVAL;
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+	if (is_compat_task()) {
+		struct compat_sctp_getaddrs_old param32;
 
-	if (copy_from_user(&param, optval, sizeof(param)))
-		return -EFAULT;
+		if (len < sizeof(param32))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (copy_from_user(&param32, optval, sizeof(param32)))
+			return -EFAULT;
 
-	err = __sctp_setsockopt_connectx(sk,
-			(struct sockaddr __user *)param.addrs,
-			param.addr_num, &assoc_id);
+		param.assoc_id = param32.assoc_id;
+		param.addr_num = param32.addr_num;
+		param.addrs = compat_ptr(param32.addrs);
+	} else
+#endif
+	{
+		if (len < sizeof(param))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (copy_from_user(&param, optval, sizeof(param)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+	}
 
+	err = __sctp_setsockopt_connectx(sk, (struct sockaddr __user *)
+					 param.addrs, param.addr_num,
+					 &assoc_id);
 	if (err == 0 || err == -EINPROGRESS) {
 		if (copy_to_user(optval, &assoc_id, sizeof(assoc_id)))
 			return -EFAULT;