diff --git a/include/net/sctp/user.h b/include/net/sctp/user.h
index 00848b641f59d592d933452ee309ab22ee499047..954090b1e354143bd851a384f9b858a844096634 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/user.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/user.h
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ enum sctp_sn_type {
 	SCTP_SHUTDOWN_EVENT,
 	SCTP_PARTIAL_DELIVERY_EVENT,
 	SCTP_ADAPTATION_INDICATION,
-	SCTP_AUTHENTICATION_EVENT,
+	SCTP_AUTHENTICATION_INDICATION,
 };
 
 /* Notification error codes used to fill up the error fields in some
diff --git a/net/sctp/ulpevent.c b/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
index 2c17c7efad461b33f016c83401c4570068843e84..307314356e1662317c25be57050f79f366a9395e 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ struct sctp_ulpevent *sctp_ulpevent_make_authkey(
 	ak = (struct sctp_authkey_event *)
 		skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct sctp_authkey_event));
 
-	ak->auth_type = SCTP_AUTHENTICATION_EVENT;
+	ak->auth_type = SCTP_AUTHENTICATION_INDICATION;
 	ak->auth_flags = 0;
 	ak->auth_length = sizeof(struct sctp_authkey_event);