diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c
index 00e02138003e..efea25eb56ce 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ void hci_req_sync_complete(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 result, u16 opcode,
 	if (hdev->req_status == HCI_REQ_PEND) {
 		hdev->req_result = result;
 		hdev->req_status = HCI_REQ_DONE;
-		if (skb)
+		if (skb) {
+			kfree_skb(hdev->req_skb);
 			hdev->req_skb = skb_get(skb);
+		}
 		wake_up_interruptible(&hdev->req_wait_q);
 	}
 }