diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 2174d8d..0b069a0 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -1725,12 +1725,6 @@ struct sctp_association {
 	/* How many duplicated TSNs have we seen?  */
 	int numduptsns;
 
-	/* Number of seconds of idle time before an association is closed.
-	 * In the association context, this is really used as a boolean
-	 * since the real timeout is stored in the timeouts array
-	 */
-	__u32 autoclose;
-
 	/* These are to support
 	 * "SCTP Extensions for Dynamic Reconfiguration of IP Addresses
 	 *  and Enforcement of Flow and Message Limits"
diff --git a/net/sctp/associola.c b/net/sctp/associola.c
index c9b91cb..be939b1 100644
--- a/net/sctp/associola.c
+++ b/net/sctp/associola.c
@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ static struct sctp_association *sctp_association_init(struct sctp_association *a
 
 	asoc->timeouts[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_HEARTBEAT] = 0;
 	asoc->timeouts[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_SACK] = asoc->sackdelay;
-	asoc->timeouts[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE] =
-		min_t(unsigned long, sp->autoclose, net->sctp.max_autoclose) * HZ;
+	asoc->timeouts[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE] = sp->autoclose * HZ;
 
 	/* Initializes the timers */
 	for (i = SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_NONE; i < SCTP_NUM_TIMEOUT_TYPES; ++i)
@@ -291,8 +290,6 @@ static struct sctp_association *sctp_association_init(struct sctp_association *a
 		asoc->peer.ipv6_address = 1;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&asoc->asocs);
 
-	asoc->autoclose = sp->autoclose;
-
 	asoc->default_stream = sp->default_stream;
 	asoc->default_ppid = sp->default_ppid;
 	asoc->default_flags = sp->default_flags;
diff --git a/net/sctp/output.c b/net/sctp/output.c
index e650978..c89e57d 100644
--- a/net/sctp/output.c
+++ b/net/sctp/output.c
@@ -580,7 +580,8 @@ int sctp_packet_transmit(struct sctp_packet *packet)
 		unsigned long timeout;
 
 		/* Restart the AUTOCLOSE timer when sending data. */
-		if (sctp_state(asoc, ESTABLISHED) && asoc->autoclose) {
+		if (sctp_state(asoc, ESTABLISHED) &&
+		    asoc->timeouts[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE]) {
 			timer = &asoc->timers[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE];
 			timeout = asoc->timeouts[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE];
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index dfe3f36..a26065b 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_do_5_1D_ce(struct net *net,
 	SCTP_INC_STATS(net, SCTP_MIB_PASSIVEESTABS);
 	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_HB_TIMERS_START, SCTP_NULL());
 
-	if (new_asoc->autoclose)
+	if (new_asoc->timeouts[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE])
 		sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_TIMER_START,
 				SCTP_TO(SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE));
 
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_do_5_1E_ca(struct net *net,
 	SCTP_INC_STATS(net, SCTP_MIB_CURRESTAB);
 	SCTP_INC_STATS(net, SCTP_MIB_ACTIVEESTABS);
 	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_HB_TIMERS_START, SCTP_NULL());
-	if (asoc->autoclose)
+	if (asoc->timeouts[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE])
 		sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_TIMER_START,
 				SCTP_TO(SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE));
 
@@ -2970,7 +2970,7 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_eat_data_6_2(struct net *net,
 	if (chunk->chunk_hdr->flags & SCTP_DATA_SACK_IMM)
 		force = SCTP_FORCE();
 
-	if (asoc->autoclose) {
+	if (asoc->timeouts[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE]) {
 		sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_TIMER_RESTART,
 				SCTP_TO(SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE));
 	}
@@ -3878,7 +3878,7 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_eat_fwd_tsn(struct net *net,
 				SCTP_CHUNK(chunk));
 
 	/* Count this as receiving DATA. */
-	if (asoc->autoclose) {
+	if (asoc->timeouts[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE]) {
 		sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_TIMER_RESTART,
 				SCTP_TO(SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE));
 	}
@@ -5267,7 +5267,7 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_do_9_2_start_shutdown(
 	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_TIMER_RESTART,
 			SCTP_TO(SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_T5_SHUTDOWN_GUARD));
 
-	if (asoc->autoclose)
+	if (asoc->timeouts[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE])
 		sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_TIMER_STOP,
 				SCTP_TO(SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE));
 
@@ -5346,7 +5346,7 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_do_9_2_shutdown_ack(
 	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_TIMER_RESTART,
 			SCTP_TO(SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_T2_SHUTDOWN));
 
-	if (asoc->autoclose)
+	if (asoc->timeouts[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE])
 		sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_TIMER_STOP,
 				SCTP_TO(SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE));
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 72046b9..5455043 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -2196,6 +2196,7 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_autoclose(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval,
 				     unsigned int optlen)
 {
 	struct sctp_sock *sp = sctp_sk(sk);
+	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 
 	/* Applicable to UDP-style socket only */
 	if (sctp_style(sk, TCP))
@@ -2205,6 +2206,9 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_autoclose(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval,
 	if (copy_from_user(&sp->autoclose, optval, optlen))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	if (sp->autoclose > net->sctp.max_autoclose)
+		sp->autoclose = net->sctp.max_autoclose;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
