diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
index a71c4089d175..af467ce2cf2b 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,8 @@ static void l2cap_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	BT_DBG("sk %p", sk);
 
-	l2cap_chan_put(l2cap_pi(sk)->chan);
+	if (l2cap_pi(sk)->chan)
+		l2cap_chan_put(l2cap_pi(sk)->chan);
 	if (l2cap_pi(sk)->rx_busy_skb) {
 		kfree_skb(l2cap_pi(sk)->rx_busy_skb);
 		l2cap_pi(sk)->rx_busy_skb = NULL;