diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
index f537673ede17..865112e96ff9 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
@@ -493,6 +493,11 @@ static int hci_uart_tty_open(struct tty_struct *tty)
 		BT_ERR("Can't allocate control structure");
 		return -ENFILE;
 	}
+	if (percpu_init_rwsem(&hu->proto_lock)) {
+		BT_ERR("Can't allocate semaphore structure");
+		kfree(hu);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	tty->disc_data = hu;
 	hu->tty = tty;
@@ -505,8 +510,6 @@ static int hci_uart_tty_open(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	INIT_WORK(&hu->init_ready, hci_uart_init_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&hu->write_work, hci_uart_write_work);
 
-	percpu_init_rwsem(&hu->proto_lock);
-
 	/* Flush any pending characters in the driver */
 	tty_driver_flush_buffer(tty);
 
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c
index c0e5f42ec6b7..f16fd79bc02b 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c
@@ -310,11 +310,12 @@ int hci_uart_register_device(struct hci_uart *hu,
 
 	serdev_device_set_client_ops(hu->serdev, &hci_serdev_client_ops);
 
+	if (percpu_init_rwsem(&hu->proto_lock))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	err = serdev_device_open(hu->serdev);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	percpu_init_rwsem(&hu->proto_lock);
+		goto err_rwsem;
 
 	err = p->open(hu);
 	if (err)
@@ -389,6 +390,8 @@ int hci_uart_register_device(struct hci_uart *hu,
 	p->close(hu);
 err_open:
 	serdev_device_close(hu->serdev);
+err_rwsem:
+	percpu_free_rwsem(&hu->proto_lock);
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hci_uart_register_device);
@@ -410,5 +413,6 @@ void hci_uart_unregister_device(struct hci_uart *hu)
 		clear_bit(HCI_UART_PROTO_READY, &hu->flags);
 		serdev_device_close(hu->serdev);
 	}
+	percpu_free_rwsem(&hu->proto_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hci_uart_unregister_device);