diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 83a76ba..f3c95f9 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -5227,7 +5227,12 @@
 	/* Allocate HMAC for generating cookie. */
 	if (sctp_hmac_alg) {
 		tfm = crypto_alloc_hash(sctp_hmac_alg, 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
-		if (!tfm) {
+		if (IS_ERR(tfm)) {
+			if (net_ratelimit()) {
+				printk(KERN_INFO
+				       "SCTP: failed to load transform for %s: %ld\n",
+					sctp_hmac_alg, PTR_ERR(tfm));
+			}
 			err = -ENOSYS;
 			goto out;
 		}