diff --git a/src/net/file_posix.go b/src/net/file_posix.go
index de71ca15ec71ea..771d22c3346bbb 100644
--- a/src/net/file_posix.go
+++ b/src/net/file_posix.go
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ func newFileFD(f *os.File) (*netFD, error) {
 	}
 	fd := newFD(s, family, sotype, "")
 	laddr := fd.addrFunc()(lsa)
+	if laddr == nil {
+		// The socket type is not supported for this address family,
+		// for example an SCTP SOCK_SEQPACKET socket.
+		fd.Close()
+		return nil, syscall.EPROTONOSUPPORT
+	}
 	raddr := fd.addrFunc()(rsa)
 	fd.net = laddr.Network()
 	if err := fd.init(); err != nil {
diff --git a/src/net/file_unix_test.go b/src/net/file_unix_test.go
index 0499a02404a3ac..cdb1f422e97c0e 100644
--- a/src/net/file_unix_test.go
+++ b/src/net/file_unix_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 package net
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"internal/syscall/unix"
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -99,3 +102,62 @@ func TestFileFdBlocks(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("unix socket through os.File.Fd is non-blocking")
 	}
 }
+
+// An SCTP one-to-many style socket (RFC 6458, Section 3.1.1) is an
+// AF_INET or AF_INET6 socket of type SOCK_SEQPACKET, which this package
+// does not support. FileConn, FileListener and FilePacketConn must
+// return an error for it rather than panic. See go.dev/issue/82051.
+func TestFileUnsupportedSocketType(t *testing.T) {
+	const ipprotoSCTP = 132 // syscall.IPPROTO_SCTP is not defined on all platforms
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		family int
+		sa     syscall.Sockaddr
+		ok     bool
+	}{
+		{"IPv4", syscall.AF_INET, &syscall.SockaddrInet4{Addr: [4]byte{127, 0, 0, 1}}, supportsIPv4()},
+		{"IPv6", syscall.AF_INET6, &syscall.SockaddrInet6{Addr: [16]byte{15: 1}}, supportsIPv6()},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if !tt.ok {
+				t.Skipf("skipping: %s not supported", tt.name)
+			}
+			s, err := syscall.Socket(tt.family, syscall.SOCK_SEQPACKET, ipprotoSCTP)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Skipf("skipping: cannot create SCTP socket: %v", err)
+			}
+			f := os.NewFile(uintptr(s), "sctp")
+			defer f.Close()
+			if err := syscall.Bind(s, tt.sa); err != nil {
+				t.Skipf("skipping: cannot bind SCTP socket: %v", err)
+			}
+			if err := syscall.Listen(s, 1); err != nil {
+				t.Skipf("skipping: cannot listen on SCTP socket: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			c, err := FileConn(f)
+			if err == nil {
+				c.Close()
+			}
+			if !errors.Is(err, syscall.EPROTONOSUPPORT) {
+				t.Errorf("FileConn: got %v; want %v", err, syscall.EPROTONOSUPPORT)
+			}
+			ln, err := FileListener(f)
+			if err == nil {
+				ln.Close()
+			}
+			if !errors.Is(err, syscall.EPROTONOSUPPORT) {
+				t.Errorf("FileListener: got %v; want %v", err, syscall.EPROTONOSUPPORT)
+			}
+			pc, err := FilePacketConn(f)
+			if err == nil {
+				pc.Close()
+			}
+			if !errors.Is(err, syscall.EPROTONOSUPPORT) {
+				t.Errorf("FilePacketConn: got %v; want %v", err, syscall.EPROTONOSUPPORT)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}