diff --git a/include/net/sctp/command.h b/include/net/sctp/command.h
index 10ae2da6f93..4263af85779 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/command.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/command.h
@@ -205,12 +205,11 @@ typedef struct {
 int sctp_init_cmd_seq(sctp_cmd_seq_t *seq);
 
 /* Add a command to an sctp_cmd_seq_t.
- * Return 0 if the command sequence is full.
  *
  * Use the SCTP_* constructors defined by SCTP_ARG_CONSTRUCTOR() above
  * to wrap data which goes in the obj argument.
  */
-int sctp_add_cmd(sctp_cmd_seq_t *seq, sctp_verb_t verb, sctp_arg_t obj);
+void sctp_add_cmd_sf(sctp_cmd_seq_t *seq, sctp_verb_t verb, sctp_arg_t obj);
 
 /* Return the next command structure in an sctp_cmd_seq.
  * Return NULL at the end of the sequence.
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/sm.h b/include/net/sctp/sm.h
index ef9e7ed2c82..24811732bdb 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/sm.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/sm.h
@@ -385,14 +385,6 @@ static inline int ADDIP_SERIAL_gte(__u16 s, __u16 t)
 	return (((s) == (t)) || (((t) - (s)) & ADDIP_SERIAL_SIGN_BIT));
 }
 
-
-/* Run sctp_add_cmd() generating a BUG() if there is a failure.  */
-static inline void sctp_add_cmd_sf(sctp_cmd_seq_t *seq, sctp_verb_t verb, sctp_arg_t obj)
-{
-	if (unlikely(!sctp_add_cmd(seq, verb, obj)))
-		BUG();
-}
-
 /* Check VTAG of the packet matches the sender's own tag. */
 static inline int
 sctp_vtag_verify(const struct sctp_chunk *chunk,
diff --git a/net/sctp/command.c b/net/sctp/command.c
index bb977330002..c0044019db9 100644
--- a/net/sctp/command.c
+++ b/net/sctp/command.c
@@ -52,18 +52,12 @@ int sctp_init_cmd_seq(sctp_cmd_seq_t *seq)
 /* Add a command to a sctp_cmd_seq_t.
  * Return 0 if the command sequence is full.
  */
-int sctp_add_cmd(sctp_cmd_seq_t *seq, sctp_verb_t verb, sctp_arg_t obj)
+void sctp_add_cmd_sf(sctp_cmd_seq_t *seq, sctp_verb_t verb, sctp_arg_t obj)
 {
-	if (seq->next_free_slot >= SCTP_MAX_NUM_COMMANDS)
-		goto fail;
+	BUG_ON(seq->next_free_slot >= SCTP_MAX_NUM_COMMANDS);
 
 	seq->cmds[seq->next_free_slot].verb = verb;
 	seq->cmds[seq->next_free_slot++].obj = obj;
-
-	return 1;
-
-fail:
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Return the next command structure in a sctp_cmd_seq.
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index 6545b5fcbc7..b534dbef864 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -3135,12 +3135,8 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_operr_notify(const struct sctp_endpoint *ep,
 		if (!ev)
 			goto nomem;
 
-		if (!sctp_add_cmd(commands, SCTP_CMD_EVENT_ULP,
-				  SCTP_ULPEVENT(ev))) {
-			sctp_ulpevent_free(ev);
-			goto nomem;
-		}
-
+		sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_EVENT_ULP,
+				SCTP_ULPEVENT(ev));
 		sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_PROCESS_OPERR,
 				SCTP_CHUNK(chunk));
 	}