diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index 27b4c4a2ba1f..00ef61609d49 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -7466,14 +7466,33 @@ static void l2cap_recv_reset(struct l2cap_conn *conn)
 	conn->rx_len = 0;
 }
 
+static struct l2cap_conn *l2cap_conn_hold_unless_zero(struct l2cap_conn *c)
+{
+	BT_DBG("conn %p orig refcnt %u", c, kref_read(&c->ref));
+
+	if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&c->ref))
+		return NULL;
+
+	return c;
+}
+
 void l2cap_recv_acldata(struct hci_conn *hcon, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 flags)
 {
-	struct l2cap_conn *conn = hcon->l2cap_data;
+	struct l2cap_conn *conn;
 	int len;
 
+	/* Lock hdev to access l2cap_data to avoid race with l2cap_conn_del */
+	hci_dev_lock(hcon->hdev);
+
+	conn = hcon->l2cap_data;
+
 	if (!conn)
 		conn = l2cap_conn_add(hcon);
 
+	conn = l2cap_conn_hold_unless_zero(conn);
+
+	hci_dev_unlock(hcon->hdev);
+
 	if (!conn)
 		goto drop;
 
@@ -7565,6 +7584,8 @@ void l2cap_recv_acldata(struct hci_conn *hcon, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 flags)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	l2cap_conn_put(conn);
+
 drop:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 }