}
 
        old_state = new_state = SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX;
+       write_lock_bh(&sctp_lock);
        for_each_sctp_chunk (skb, sch, _sch, offset, dataoff, count) {
-               write_lock_bh(&sctp_lock);
-
                /* Special cases of Verification tag check (Sec 8.5.1) */
                if (sch->type == SCTP_CID_INIT) {
                        /* Sec 8.5.1 (A) */
                ct->proto.sctp.state = new_state;
                if (old_state != new_state)
                        nf_conntrack_event_cache(IPCT_PROTOINFO, skb);
-               write_unlock_bh(&sctp_lock);
        }
+       write_unlock_bh(&sctp_lock);
 
        nf_ct_refresh_acct(ct, ctinfo, skb, *sctp_timeouts[new_state]);