diff --git a/include/net/sctp/command.h b/include/net/sctp/command.h
index 8be5135ff7aa..2c55a7ea20af 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/command.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/command.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	SCTP_CMD_T1_RETRAN,	 /* Mark for retransmission after T1 timeout  */
 	SCTP_CMD_UPDATE_INITTAG, /* Update peer inittag */
 	SCTP_CMD_SEND_MSG,	 /* Send the whole use message */
+	SCTP_CMD_SEND_NEXT_ASCONF, /* Send the next ASCONF after ACK */
 	SCTP_CMD_LAST
 } sctp_verb_t;
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index f6fc5c1a4078..0fd5b4c88358 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -3318,21 +3318,6 @@ int sctp_process_asconf_ack(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 	sctp_chunk_free(asconf);
 	asoc->addip_last_asconf = NULL;
 
-	/* Send the next asconf chunk from the addip chunk queue. */
-	if (!list_empty(&asoc->addip_chunk_list)) {
-		struct list_head *entry = asoc->addip_chunk_list.next;
-		asconf = list_entry(entry, struct sctp_chunk, list);
-
-		list_del_init(entry);
-
-		/* Hold the chunk until an ASCONF_ACK is received. */
-		sctp_chunk_hold(asconf);
-		if (sctp_primitive_ASCONF(asoc, asconf))
-			sctp_chunk_free(asconf);
-		else
-			asoc->addip_last_asconf = asconf;
-	}
-
 	return retval;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
index 4c5bed9af4e3..d5ae450b6f02 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
@@ -962,6 +962,29 @@ static int sctp_cmd_send_msg(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 }
 
 
+/* Sent the next ASCONF packet currently stored in the association.
+ * This happens after the ASCONF_ACK was succeffully processed.
+ */
+static void sctp_cmd_send_asconf(struct sctp_association *asoc)
+{
+	/* Send the next asconf chunk from the addip chunk
+	 * queue.
+	 */
+	if (!list_empty(&asoc->addip_chunk_list)) {
+		struct list_head *entry = asoc->addip_chunk_list.next;
+		struct sctp_chunk *asconf = list_entry(entry,
+						struct sctp_chunk, list);
+		list_del_init(entry);
+
+		/* Hold the chunk until an ASCONF_ACK is received. */
+		sctp_chunk_hold(asconf);
+		if (sctp_primitive_ASCONF(asoc, asconf))
+			sctp_chunk_free(asconf);
+		else
+			asoc->addip_last_asconf = asconf;
+	}
+}
+
 
 /* These three macros allow us to pull the debugging code out of the
  * main flow of sctp_do_sm() to keep attention focused on the real
@@ -1617,6 +1640,9 @@ static int sctp_cmd_interpreter(sctp_event_t event_type,
 			}
 			error = sctp_cmd_send_msg(asoc, cmd->obj.msg);
 			break;
+		case SCTP_CMD_SEND_NEXT_ASCONF:
+			sctp_cmd_send_asconf(asoc);
+			break;
 		default:
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "Impossible command: %u, %p\n",
 			       cmd->verb, cmd->obj.ptr);
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index abf601a1b847..24b2cd555637 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -3676,8 +3676,14 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_do_asconf_ack(const struct sctp_endpoint *ep,
 				SCTP_TO(SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_T4_RTO));
 
 		if (!sctp_process_asconf_ack((struct sctp_association *)asoc,
-					     asconf_ack))
+					     asconf_ack)) {
+			/* Successfully processed ASCONF_ACK.  We can
+			 * release the next asconf if we have one.
+			 */
+			sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_SEND_NEXT_ASCONF,
+					SCTP_NULL());
 			return SCTP_DISPOSITION_CONSUME;
+		}
 
 		abort = sctp_make_abort(asoc, asconf_ack,
 					sizeof(sctp_errhdr_t));