diff --git a/net/sctp/Kconfig b/net/sctp/Kconfig
index a9edd2e205f..c26210618e1 100644
--- a/net/sctp/Kconfig
+++ b/net/sctp/Kconfig
@@ -66,12 +66,36 @@ config SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT
 	  'cat /proc/net/sctp/sctp_dbg_objcnt'
 
 	  If unsure, say N
+choice
+	prompt "Default SCTP cookie HMAC encoding"
+	default SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5
+	help
+	  This option sets the default sctp cookie hmac algorithm
+	  when in doubt select 'md5'
+
+config SCTP_DEFAULT_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5
+	bool "Enable optional MD5 hmac cookie generation"
+	help
+	  Enable optional MD5 hmac based SCTP cookie generation
+	select SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5
+
+config SCTP_DEFAULT_COOKIE_HMAC_SHA1
+	bool "Enable optional SHA1 hmac cookie generation"
+	help
+	  Enable optional SHA1 hmac based SCTP cookie generation
+	select SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_SHA1
+
+config SCTP_DEFAULT_COOKIE_HMAC_NONE
+	bool "Use no hmac alg in SCTP cookie generation"
+	help
+	  Use no hmac algorithm in SCTP cookie generation
+
+endchoice
 
 config SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5
 	bool "Enable optional MD5 hmac cookie generation"
 	help
 	  Enable optional MD5 hmac based SCTP cookie generation
-	default y
 	select CRYPTO_HMAC if SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5
 	select CRYPTO_MD5 if SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5
 
@@ -79,7 +103,6 @@ config SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_SHA1
 	bool "Enable optional SHA1 hmac cookie generation"
 	help
 	  Enable optional SHA1 hmac based SCTP cookie generation
-	default y
 	select CRYPTO_HMAC if SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_SHA1
 	select CRYPTO_SHA1 if SCTP_COOKIE_HMAC_SHA1
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index 2c7785bacf7..f898b1c58bd 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -1191,9 +1191,9 @@ static int __net_init sctp_net_init(struct net *net)
 	net->sctp.cookie_preserve_enable 	= 1;
 
 	/* Default sctp sockets to use md5 as their hmac alg */
-#if defined (CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5)
+#if defined (CONFIG_SCTP_DEFAULT_COOKIE_HMAC_MD5)
 	net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg			= "md5";
-#elif defined (CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1)
+#elif defined (CONFIG_SCTP_DEFAULT_COOKIE_HMAC_SHA1)
 	net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg			= "sha1";
 #else
 	net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg			= NULL;