diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index 207175b..946afd6 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -1144,6 +1144,9 @@
 	sctp_max_instreams    		= SCTP_DEFAULT_INSTREAMS;
 	sctp_max_outstreams   		= SCTP_DEFAULT_OUTSTREAMS;
 
+	/* Initialize maximum autoclose timeout. */
+	sctp_max_autoclose		= INT_MAX / HZ;
+
 	/* Initialize handle used for association ids. */
 	idr_init(&sctp_assocs_id);