diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
index 3e817fed7706..e920cd520a82 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static void hci_cc_read_local_version(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	BT_DBG("%s status 0x%x", hdev->name, rp->status);
 
 	if (rp->status)
-		return;
+		goto done;
 
 	hdev->hci_ver = rp->hci_ver;
 	hdev->hci_rev = __le16_to_cpu(rp->hci_rev);
@@ -634,6 +634,9 @@ static void hci_cc_read_local_version(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	if (test_bit(HCI_INIT, &hdev->flags))
 		hci_setup(hdev);
+
+done:
+	hci_req_complete(hdev, HCI_OP_READ_LOCAL_VERSION, rp->status);
 }
 
 static void hci_setup_link_policy(struct hci_dev *hdev)