diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
index 4e7cb88e5da9..184ba0a88ec0 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ static inline void hci_pin_code_request_evt(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff
 	hci_dev_lock(hdev);
 
 	conn = hci_conn_hash_lookup_ba(hdev, ACL_LINK, &ev->bdaddr);
-	if (conn) {
+	if (conn && conn->state == BT_CONNECTED) {
 		hci_conn_hold(conn);
 		conn->disc_timeout = HCI_PAIRING_TIMEOUT;
 		hci_conn_put(conn);