diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/sctp.h b/include/uapi/linux/sctp.h
index 34dd3d497f2c..9c2780a65fb4 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/sctp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/sctp.h
@@ -1151,6 +1151,7 @@ struct sctp_add_streams {
 /* SCTP Stream schedulers */
 enum sctp_sched_type {
 	SCTP_SS_FCFS,
+	SCTP_SS_DEFAULT = SCTP_SS_FCFS,
 	SCTP_SS_PRIO,
 	SCTP_SS_RR,
 	SCTP_SS_MAX = SCTP_SS_RR
diff --git a/net/sctp/outqueue.c b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
index 42191ed9902b..7bb8e5603298 100644
--- a/net/sctp/outqueue.c
+++ b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ void sctp_outq_init(struct sctp_association *asoc, struct sctp_outq *q)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->retransmit);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->sacked);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->abandoned);
-	sctp_sched_set_sched(asoc, SCTP_SS_FCFS);
+	sctp_sched_set_sched(asoc, SCTP_SS_DEFAULT);
 }
 
 /* Free the outqueue structure and any related pending chunks.