diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
index a6fc8a2a5c67..2cc194ad37ba 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
@@ -5338,7 +5338,7 @@ int hci_abort_conn_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct hci_conn *conn, u8 reason)
 
 	/* Check if the connection has been cleaned up concurrently */
 	c = hci_conn_hash_lookup_handle(hdev, handle);
-	if (!c || c != conn) {
+	if (!c || c != conn || conn->state == BT_CLOSED) {
 		err = 0;
 		goto unlock;
 	}