diff --git a/sys/netinet/sctp_crc32.c b/sys/netinet/sctp_crc32.c
index 97b881bb5062..9e17637d74d6 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/sctp_crc32.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/sctp_crc32.c
@@ -1,145 +1,138 @@
 /*-
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2001-2007, by Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2012, by Randall Stewart. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2012, by Michael Tuexen. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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  *
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  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 
 #include "opt_sctp.h"
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
 #include <sys/gsb_crc32.h>
 #include <sys/mbuf.h>
 
 #include <netinet/sctp.h>
 #include <netinet/sctp_crc32.h>
 #if defined(SCTP) || defined(SCTP_SUPPORT)
 #include <netinet/sctp_os.h>
 #include <netinet/sctp_pcb.h>
 #endif
 
 static uint32_t
 sctp_finalize_crc32c(uint32_t crc32c)
 {
-	uint32_t result;
 #if BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN
-	uint8_t byte0, byte1, byte2, byte3;
+	uint32_t byte0, byte1, byte2, byte3;
 #endif
 
-	/* Complement the result */
-	result = ~crc32c;
 #if BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN
 	/*
-	 * For BIG-ENDIAN platforms the result is in little-endian form. So
-	 * we must swap the bytes to return the result in network byte
-	 * order.
+	 * For BIG-ENDIAN platforms, the result is in LITTLE-ENDIAN byte
+	 * order. For LITTLE-ENDIAN platforms, the result is in in
+	 * BIG-ENDIAN byte order. So for BIG-ENDIAN platforms the bytes must
+	 * be swapped to return the result always in network byte order (aka
+	 * BIG-ENDIAN).
 	 */
-	byte0 = result & 0x000000ff;
-	byte1 = (result >> 8) & 0x000000ff;
-	byte2 = (result >> 16) & 0x000000ff;
-	byte3 = (result >> 24) & 0x000000ff;
+	byte0 = crc32c & 0x000000ff;
+	byte1 = (crc32c >> 8) & 0x000000ff;
+	byte2 = (crc32c >> 16) & 0x000000ff;
+	byte3 = (crc32c >> 24) & 0x000000ff;
 	crc32c = ((byte0 << 24) | (byte1 << 16) | (byte2 << 8) | byte3);
-#else
-	/*
-	 * For LITTLE ENDIAN platforms the result is in already in network
-	 * byte order.
-	 */
-	crc32c = result;
 #endif
-	return (crc32c);
+	return (~crc32c);
 }
 
 static int
 sctp_calculate_cksum_cb(void *arg, void *data, u_int len)
 {
 	uint32_t *basep;
 
 	basep = arg;
 	*basep = calculate_crc32c(*basep, data, len);
 	return (0);
 }
 
 /*
  * Compute the SCTP checksum in network byte order for a given mbuf chain m
  * which contains an SCTP packet starting at offset.
  * Since this function is also called by ipfw, don't assume that
  * it is compiled on a kernel with SCTP support.
  */
 uint32_t
 sctp_calculate_cksum(struct mbuf *m, uint32_t offset)
 {
 	uint32_t base;
 	int len;
 
 	M_ASSERTPKTHDR(m);
 	KASSERT(offset < m->m_pkthdr.len,
 	    ("%s: invalid offset %u into mbuf %p", __func__, offset, m));
 
 	base = 0xffffffff;
 	len = m->m_pkthdr.len - offset;
 	(void)m_apply(m, offset, len, sctp_calculate_cksum_cb, &base);
 	return (sctp_finalize_crc32c(base));
 }
 
 #if defined(SCTP) || defined(SCTP_SUPPORT)
 
 VNET_DEFINE(struct sctp_base_info, system_base_info);
 
 /*
  * Compute and insert the SCTP checksum in network byte order for a given
  * mbuf chain m which contains an SCTP packet starting at offset.
  */
 void
 sctp_delayed_cksum(struct mbuf *m, uint32_t offset)
 {
 	uint32_t checksum;
 
 	checksum = sctp_calculate_cksum(m, offset);
 	SCTP_STAT_DECR(sctps_sendhwcrc);
 	SCTP_STAT_INCR(sctps_sendswcrc);
 	offset += offsetof(struct sctphdr, checksum);
 
 	if (offset + sizeof(uint32_t) > (uint32_t)(m->m_pkthdr.len)) {
 #ifdef INVARIANTS
 		panic("sctp_delayed_cksum(): m->m_pkthdr.len: %d, offset: %u.",
 		    m->m_pkthdr.len, offset);
 #else
 		SCTP_PRINTF("sctp_delayed_cksum(): m->m_pkthdr.len: %d, offset: %u.\n",
 		    m->m_pkthdr.len, offset);
 #endif
 		return;
 	}
 	m_copyback(m, (int)offset, (int)sizeof(uint32_t), (caddr_t)&checksum);
 }
 #endif