diff --git a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
index 6035422e13da..647afb187147 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ struct sock *bt_sock_alloc(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
 	sk->sk_protocol = proto;
 	sk->sk_state    = BT_OPEN;
 
+	/* Init peer information so it can be properly monitored */
+	if (!kern) {
+		spin_lock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+		sk->sk_peer_pid  = get_pid(task_tgid(current));
+		sk->sk_peer_cred = get_current_cred();
+		spin_unlock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+	}
+
 	return sk;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bt_sock_alloc);
@@ -179,6 +187,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bt_sock_unlink);
 
 void bt_accept_enqueue(struct sock *parent, struct sock *sk, bool bh)
 {
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	struct pid *old_pid;
+
 	BT_DBG("parent %p, sk %p", parent, sk);
 
 	sock_hold(sk);
@@ -191,6 +202,19 @@ void bt_accept_enqueue(struct sock *parent, struct sock *sk, bool bh)
 	list_add_tail(&bt_sk(sk)->accept_q, &bt_sk(parent)->accept_q);
 	bt_sk(sk)->parent = parent;
 
+	/* Copy credentials from parent since for incoming connections the
+	 * socket is allocated by the kernel.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+	old_pid = sk->sk_peer_pid;
+	old_cred = sk->sk_peer_cred;
+	sk->sk_peer_pid = get_pid(parent->sk_peer_pid);
+	sk->sk_peer_cred = get_cred(parent->sk_peer_cred);
+	spin_unlock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+
+	put_pid(old_pid);
+	put_cred(old_cred);
+
 	if (bh)
 		bh_unlock_sock(sk);
 	else
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hidp/sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hidp/sock.c
index 369ed92dac99..c93aaeb3a3fa 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hidp/sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hidp/sock.c
@@ -256,21 +256,13 @@ static int hidp_sock_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	if (sock->type != SOCK_RAW)
 		return -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
 
-	sk = sk_alloc(net, PF_BLUETOOTH, GFP_ATOMIC, &hidp_proto, kern);
+	sk = bt_sock_alloc(net, sock, &hidp_proto, protocol, GFP_ATOMIC, kern);
 	if (!sk)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	sock_init_data(sock, sk);
-
 	sock->ops = &hidp_sock_ops;
-
 	sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
 
-	sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED);
-
-	sk->sk_protocol = protocol;
-	sk->sk_state	= BT_OPEN;
-
 	bt_sock_link(&hidp_sk_list, sk);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
index 9ef936f27a6a..3bdfc3f1e73d 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
@@ -178,21 +178,6 @@ done:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void l2cap_sock_init_pid(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	struct l2cap_chan *chan = l2cap_pi(sk)->chan;
-
-	/* Only L2CAP_MODE_EXT_FLOWCTL ever need to access the PID in order to
-	 * group the channels being requested.
-	 */
-	if (chan->mode != L2CAP_MODE_EXT_FLOWCTL)
-		return;
-
-	spin_lock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
-	sk->sk_peer_pid = get_pid(task_tgid(current));
-	spin_unlock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
-}
-
 static int l2cap_sock_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
 			      int alen, int flags)
 {
@@ -268,8 +253,6 @@ static int l2cap_sock_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
 	    chan->mode != L2CAP_MODE_EXT_FLOWCTL)
 		chan->mode = L2CAP_MODE_LE_FLOWCTL;
 
-	l2cap_sock_init_pid(sk);
-
 	err = l2cap_chan_connect(chan, la.l2_psm, __le16_to_cpu(la.l2_cid),
 				 &la.l2_bdaddr, la.l2_bdaddr_type);
 	if (err)
@@ -325,8 +308,6 @@ static int l2cap_sock_listen(struct socket *sock, int backlog)
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	l2cap_sock_init_pid(sk);
-
 	sk->sk_max_ack_backlog = backlog;
 	sk->sk_ack_backlog = 0;