diff --git a/include/net/sctp/sm.h b/include/net/sctp/sm.h
index 851c813adb3..61d73e37d54 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/sm.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/sm.h
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ int sctp_do_sm(sctp_event_t event_type, sctp_subtype_t subtype,
 /* 2nd level prototypes */
 void sctp_generate_t3_rtx_event(unsigned long peer);
 void sctp_generate_heartbeat_event(unsigned long peer);
+void sctp_generate_proto_unreach_event(unsigned long peer);
 
 void sctp_ootb_pkt_free(struct sctp_packet *);
 
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 597f8e27aaf..219043a67bf 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -1010,6 +1010,9 @@ struct sctp_transport {
 	/* Heartbeat timer is per destination. */
 	struct timer_list hb_timer;
 
+	/* Timer to handle ICMP proto unreachable envets */
+	struct timer_list proto_unreach_timer;
+
 	/* Since we're using per-destination retransmission timers
 	 * (see above), we're also using per-destination "transmitted"
 	 * queues.  This probably ought to be a private struct
diff --git a/net/sctp/input.c b/net/sctp/input.c
index 2a570184e5a..ea2192444ce 100644
--- a/net/sctp/input.c
+++ b/net/sctp/input.c
@@ -440,11 +440,25 @@ void sctp_icmp_proto_unreachable(struct sock *sk,
 {
 	SCTP_DEBUG_PRINTK("%s\n",  __func__);
 
-	sctp_do_sm(SCTP_EVENT_T_OTHER,
-		   SCTP_ST_OTHER(SCTP_EVENT_ICMP_PROTO_UNREACH),
-		   asoc->state, asoc->ep, asoc, t,
-		   GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
+		if (timer_pending(&t->proto_unreach_timer))
+			return;
+		else {
+			if (!mod_timer(&t->proto_unreach_timer,
+						jiffies + (HZ/20)))
+				sctp_association_hold(asoc);
+		}
+			
+	} else {
+		if (timer_pending(&t->proto_unreach_timer) &&
+		    del_timer(&t->proto_unreach_timer))
+			sctp_association_put(asoc);
 
+		sctp_do_sm(SCTP_EVENT_T_OTHER,
+			   SCTP_ST_OTHER(SCTP_EVENT_ICMP_PROTO_UNREACH),
+			   asoc->state, asoc->ep, asoc, t,
+			   GFP_ATOMIC);
+	}
 }
 
 /* Common lookup code for icmp/icmpv6 error handler. */
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
index d5ae450b6f0..eb1f42f45fd 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
@@ -397,6 +397,41 @@ out_unlock:
 	sctp_transport_put(transport);
 }
 
+/* Handle the timeout of the ICMP protocol unreachable timer.  Trigger
+ * the correct state machine transition that will close the association.
+ */
+void sctp_generate_proto_unreach_event(unsigned long data)
+{
+	struct sctp_transport *transport = (struct sctp_transport *) data;
+	struct sctp_association *asoc = transport->asoc;
+	
+	sctp_bh_lock_sock(asoc->base.sk);
+	if (sock_owned_by_user(asoc->base.sk)) {
+		SCTP_DEBUG_PRINTK("%s:Sock is busy.\n", __func__);
+
+		/* Try again later.  */
+		if (!mod_timer(&transport->proto_unreach_timer,
+				jiffies + (HZ/20)))
+			sctp_association_hold(asoc);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	/* Is this structure just waiting around for us to actually
+	 * get destroyed?
+	 */
+	if (asoc->base.dead)
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	sctp_do_sm(SCTP_EVENT_T_OTHER,
+		   SCTP_ST_OTHER(SCTP_EVENT_ICMP_PROTO_UNREACH),
+		   asoc->state, asoc->ep, asoc, transport, GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+out_unlock:
+	sctp_bh_unlock_sock(asoc->base.sk);
+	sctp_association_put(asoc);
+}
+
+
 /* Inject a SACK Timeout event into the state machine.  */
 static void sctp_generate_sack_event(unsigned long data)
 {
diff --git a/net/sctp/transport.c b/net/sctp/transport.c
index be4d63d5a5c..4a368038d46 100644
--- a/net/sctp/transport.c
+++ b/net/sctp/transport.c
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ static struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_init(struct sctp_transport *peer,
 			(unsigned long)peer);
 	setup_timer(&peer->hb_timer, sctp_generate_heartbeat_event,
 			(unsigned long)peer);
+	setup_timer(&peer->proto_unreach_timer,
+		    sctp_generate_proto_unreach_event, (unsigned long)peer);
 
 	/* Initialize the 64-bit random nonce sent with heartbeat. */
 	get_random_bytes(&peer->hb_nonce, sizeof(peer->hb_nonce));