diff --git a/net/sctp/bind_addr.c b/net/sctp/bind_addr.c
index 59e653b528b1..6b95d3ba8fe1 100644
--- a/net/sctp/bind_addr.c
+++ b/net/sctp/bind_addr.c
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ int sctp_bind_addr_copy(struct net *net, struct sctp_bind_addr *dest,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* If somehow no addresses were found that can be used with this
+	 * scope, it's an error.
+	 */
+	if (list_empty(&dest->address_list))
+		error = -ENETUNREACH;
+
 out:
 	if (error)
 		sctp_bind_addr_clean(dest);