diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index b04a5a02ecf3..246a244cfe93 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
@@ -755,26 +755,6 @@ void hci_sock_dev_event(struct hci_dev *hdev, int event)
 		ev.dev_id = hdev->id;
 		hci_si_event(NULL, HCI_EV_SI_DEVICE, sizeof(ev), &ev);
 	}
-
-	if (event == HCI_DEV_UNREG) {
-		struct sock *sk;
-
-		/* Detach sockets from device */
-		read_lock(&hci_sk_list.lock);
-		sk_for_each(sk, &hci_sk_list.head) {
-			lock_sock(sk);
-			if (hci_pi(sk)->hdev == hdev) {
-				hci_pi(sk)->hdev = NULL;
-				sk->sk_err = EPIPE;
-				sk->sk_state = BT_OPEN;
-				sk->sk_state_change(sk);
-
-				hci_dev_put(hdev);
-			}
-			release_sock(sk);
-		}
-		read_unlock(&hci_sk_list.lock);
-	}
 }
 
 static struct hci_mgmt_chan *__hci_mgmt_chan_find(unsigned short channel)