1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
index be35598984d9..a6000823f0ff 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
@@ -4221,8 +4221,13 @@ static void hci_le_conn_complete_evt(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
         hci_proto_connect_cfm(conn, ev->status);
 
         params = hci_conn_params_lookup(hdev, &conn->dst, conn->dst_type);
-        if (params)
+        if (params) {
                 list_del_init(&params->action);
+                if (params->conn) {
+                        hci_conn_drop(params->conn);
+                        params->conn = NULL;
+                }
+        }
 
 unlock:
         hci_update_background_scan(hdev);
@@ -4304,8 +4309,16 @@ static void check_pending_le_conn(struct hci_dev *hdev, bdaddr_t *addr,
 
         conn = hci_connect_le(hdev, addr, addr_type, BT_SECURITY_LOW,
                               HCI_LE_AUTOCONN_TIMEOUT, HCI_ROLE_MASTER);
-        if (!IS_ERR(conn))
+        if (!IS_ERR(conn)) {
+                /* Store the pointer since we don't really have any
+                 * other owner of the object besides the params that
+                 * triggered it. This way we can abort the connection if
+                 * the parameters get removed and keep the reference
+                 * count consistent once the connection is established.
+                 */
+                params->conn = conn;
                 return;
+        }
 
         switch (PTR_ERR(conn)) {
         case -EBUSY: