diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
index 51abcc90fe75..25384fa82ba9 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
@@ -872,6 +872,10 @@ static void sctp_cmd_new_state(sctp_cmd_seq_t *cmds,
 		if (!sctp_style(sk, UDP))
 			sk->sk_state_change(sk);
 	}
+
+	if (sctp_state(asoc, SHUTDOWN_PENDING) &&
+	    !sctp_outq_is_empty(&asoc->outqueue))
+		sctp_outq_uncork(&asoc->outqueue, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 
 /* Helper function to delete an association. */