diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/rsp.c b/net/nfc/nci/rsp.c
index e3bbf1937d0e..7681f89dc312 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/rsp.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/rsp.c
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ static void nci_core_conn_close_rsp_packet(struct nci_dev *ndev,
 							 ndev->cur_conn_id);
 		if (conn_info) {
 			list_del(&conn_info->list);
+			if (conn_info == ndev->rf_conn_info)
+				ndev->rf_conn_info = NULL;
 			devm_kfree(&ndev->nfc_dev->dev, conn_info);
 		}
 	}