diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index ade83e224567..0a334c212a27 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -499,7 +499,8 @@ void l2cap_chan_put(struct l2cap_chan *c)
 {
 	BT_DBG("chan %p orig refcnt %d", c, kref_read(&c->kref));
 
-	kref_put(&c->kref, l2cap_chan_destroy);
+	if(&c->kref)
+		kref_put(&c->kref, l2cap_chan_destroy);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(l2cap_chan_put);