diff --git a/net/bluetooth/sco.c b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
index c736186aba26..82e50c215386 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/sco.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ static int sco_connect(struct sock *sk)
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
+	hci_conn_get(hcon);
 	conn = sco_conn_add(hcon);
 	if (!conn) {
 		hci_conn_drop(hcon);
@@ -438,12 +439,13 @@ static void __sco_sock_close(struct sock *sk)
 	case BT_CONNECTED:
 	case BT_CONFIG:
 		if (sco_pi(sk)->conn->hcon) {
+			struct hci_conn *hcon = sco_pi(sk)->conn->hcon;
 			sk->sk_state = BT_DISCONN;
 			sco_sock_set_timer(sk, SCO_DISCONN_TIMEOUT);
 			sco_conn_lock(sco_pi(sk)->conn);
-			hci_conn_drop(sco_pi(sk)->conn->hcon);
 			sco_pi(sk)->conn->hcon = NULL;
 			sco_conn_unlock(sco_pi(sk)->conn);
+			hci_conn_put(hcon);
 		} else
 			sco_chan_del(sk, ECONNRESET);
 		break;