diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 167d888..ea0f8fa 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@
 	if (*errp) {
 		report.num_missing = htonl(1);
 		report.type = paramtype;
-		sctp_init_cause(*errp, SCTP_ERROR_INV_PARAM,
+		sctp_init_cause(*errp, SCTP_ERROR_MISS_PARAM,
 				&report, sizeof(report));
 	}