diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 9661d7b..9f70d54 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@
 
 	/* Flag to idicate if SCTP-AUTH is enabled */
 	int auth_enable;
+
+	/* Flag to indicate whether computing and verifying checksum
+	 * is disabled. */
+        int checksum_disable;
 } sctp_globals;
 
 #define sctp_rto_initial		(sctp_globals.rto_initial)
@@ -252,6 +256,7 @@
 #define sctp_addip_noauth		(sctp_globals.addip_noauth_enable)
 #define sctp_prsctp_enable		(sctp_globals.prsctp_enable)
 #define sctp_auth_enable		(sctp_globals.auth_enable)
+#define sctp_checksum_disable		(sctp_globals.checksum_disable)
 
 /* SCTP Socket type: UDP or TCP style. */
 typedef enum {