diff --git a/net/sctp/ulpevent.c b/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
index 85c6465..b6842fd 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
@@ -366,9 +366,10 @@
  * specification [SCTP] and any extensions for a list of possible
  * error formats.
  */
-struct sctp_ulpevent *sctp_ulpevent_make_remote_error(
-	const struct sctp_association *asoc, struct sctp_chunk *chunk,
-	__u16 flags, gfp_t gfp)
+struct sctp_ulpevent *
+sctp_ulpevent_make_remote_error(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
+				struct sctp_chunk *chunk, __u16 flags,
+				gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	struct sctp_ulpevent *event;
 	struct sctp_remote_error *sre;
@@ -387,8 +388,7 @@
 	/* Copy the skb to a new skb with room for us to prepend
 	 * notification with.
 	 */
-	skb = skb_copy_expand(chunk->skb, sizeof(struct sctp_remote_error),
-			      0, gfp);
+	skb = skb_copy_expand(chunk->skb, sizeof(*sre), 0, gfp);
 
 	/* Pull off the rest of the cause TLV from the chunk.  */
 	skb_pull(chunk->skb, elen);
@@ -399,62 +399,21 @@
 	event = sctp_skb2event(skb);
 	sctp_ulpevent_init(event, MSG_NOTIFICATION, skb->truesize);
 
-	sre = (struct sctp_remote_error *)
-		skb_push(skb, sizeof(struct sctp_remote_error));
+	sre = (struct sctp_remote_error *) skb_push(skb, sizeof(*sre));
 
 	/* Trim the buffer to the right length.  */
-	skb_trim(skb, sizeof(struct sctp_remote_error) + elen);
+	skb_trim(skb, sizeof(*sre) + elen);
 
-	/* Socket Extensions for SCTP
-	 * 5.3.1.3 SCTP_REMOTE_ERROR
-	 *
-	 * sre_type:
-	 *   It should be SCTP_REMOTE_ERROR.
-	 */
+	/* RFC6458, Section 6.1.3. SCTP_REMOTE_ERROR */
+	memset(sre, 0, sizeof(*sre));
 	sre->sre_type = SCTP_REMOTE_ERROR;
-
-	/*
-	 * Socket Extensions for SCTP
-	 * 5.3.1.3 SCTP_REMOTE_ERROR
-	 *
-	 * sre_flags: 16 bits (unsigned integer)
-	 *   Currently unused.
-	 */
 	sre->sre_flags = 0;
-
-	/* Socket Extensions for SCTP
-	 * 5.3.1.3 SCTP_REMOTE_ERROR
-	 *
-	 * sre_length: sizeof (__u32)
-	 *
-	 * This field is the total length of the notification data,
-	 * including the notification header.
-	 */
 	sre->sre_length = skb->len;
-
-	/* Socket Extensions for SCTP
-	 * 5.3.1.3 SCTP_REMOTE_ERROR
-	 *
-	 * sre_error: 16 bits (unsigned integer)
-	 * This value represents one of the Operational Error causes defined in
-	 * the SCTP specification, in network byte order.
-	 */
 	sre->sre_error = cause;
-
-	/* Socket Extensions for SCTP
-	 * 5.3.1.3 SCTP_REMOTE_ERROR
-	 *
-	 * sre_assoc_id: sizeof (sctp_assoc_t)
-	 *
-	 * The association id field, holds the identifier for the association.
-	 * All notifications for a given association have the same association
-	 * identifier.  For TCP style socket, this field is ignored.
-	 */
 	sctp_ulpevent_set_owner(event, asoc);
 	sre->sre_assoc_id = sctp_assoc2id(asoc);
 
 	return event;
-
 fail:
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -899,7 +858,9 @@
 	return notification->sn_header.sn_type;
 }
 
-/* Copy out the sndrcvinfo into a msghdr.  */
+/* RFC6458, Section 5.3.2. SCTP Header Information Structure
+ * (SCTP_SNDRCV, DEPRECATED)
+ */
 void sctp_ulpevent_read_sndrcvinfo(const struct sctp_ulpevent *event,
 				   struct msghdr *msghdr)
 {
@@ -908,74 +869,21 @@
 	if (sctp_ulpevent_is_notification(event))
 		return;
 
-	/* Sockets API Extensions for SCTP
-	 * Section 5.2.2 SCTP Header Information Structure (SCTP_SNDRCV)
-	 *
-	 * sinfo_stream: 16 bits (unsigned integer)
-	 *
-	 * For recvmsg() the SCTP stack places the message's stream number in
-	 * this value.
-	*/
+	memset(&sinfo, 0, sizeof(sinfo));
 	sinfo.sinfo_stream = event->stream;
-	/* sinfo_ssn: 16 bits (unsigned integer)
-	 *
-	 * For recvmsg() this value contains the stream sequence number that
-	 * the remote endpoint placed in the DATA chunk.  For fragmented
-	 * messages this is the same number for all deliveries of the message
-	 * (if more than one recvmsg() is needed to read the message).
-	 */
 	sinfo.sinfo_ssn = event->ssn;
-	/* sinfo_ppid: 32 bits (unsigned integer)
-	 *
-	 * In recvmsg() this value is
-	 * the same information that was passed by the upper layer in the peer
-	 * application.  Please note that byte order issues are NOT accounted
-	 * for and this information is passed opaquely by the SCTP stack from
-	 * one end to the other.
-	 */
 	sinfo.sinfo_ppid = event->ppid;
-	/* sinfo_flags: 16 bits (unsigned integer)
-	 *
-	 * This field may contain any of the following flags and is composed of
-	 * a bitwise OR of these values.
-	 *
-	 * recvmsg() flags:
-	 *
-	 * SCTP_UNORDERED - This flag is present when the message was sent
-	 *                 non-ordered.
-	 */
 	sinfo.sinfo_flags = event->flags;
-	/* sinfo_tsn: 32 bit (unsigned integer)
-	 *
-	 * For the receiving side, this field holds a TSN that was
-	 * assigned to one of the SCTP Data Chunks.
-	 */
 	sinfo.sinfo_tsn = event->tsn;
-	/* sinfo_cumtsn: 32 bit (unsigned integer)
-	 *
-	 * This field will hold the current cumulative TSN as
-	 * known by the underlying SCTP layer.  Note this field is
-	 * ignored when sending and only valid for a receive
-	 * operation when sinfo_flags are set to SCTP_UNORDERED.
-	 */
 	sinfo.sinfo_cumtsn = event->cumtsn;
-	/* sinfo_assoc_id: sizeof (sctp_assoc_t)
-	 *
-	 * The association handle field, sinfo_assoc_id, holds the identifier
-	 * for the association announced in the COMMUNICATION_UP notification.
-	 * All notifications for a given association have the same identifier.
-	 * Ignored for one-to-one style sockets.
-	 */
 	sinfo.sinfo_assoc_id = sctp_assoc2id(event->asoc);
-
-	/* context value that is set via SCTP_CONTEXT socket option. */
+	/* Context value that is set via SCTP_CONTEXT socket option. */
 	sinfo.sinfo_context = event->asoc->default_rcv_context;
-
 	/* These fields are not used while receiving. */
 	sinfo.sinfo_timetolive = 0;
 
 	put_cmsg(msghdr, IPPROTO_SCTP, SCTP_SNDRCV,
-		 sizeof(struct sctp_sndrcvinfo), (void *)&sinfo);
+		 sizeof(sinfo), &sinfo);
 }
 
 /* Do accounting for bytes received and hold a reference to the association