diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index 27b4c4a2ba1f..7e6e14de91ac 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -1792,13 +1792,10 @@ static void l2cap_conn_del(struct hci_conn *hcon, int err)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&conn->chan_lock);
 
-	hci_chan_del(conn->hchan);
-
 	if (conn->info_state & L2CAP_INFO_FEAT_MASK_REQ_SENT)
 		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&conn->info_timer);
 
 	hcon->l2cap_data = NULL;
-	conn->hchan = NULL;
 	l2cap_conn_put(conn);
 }
 
@@ -1806,6 +1803,7 @@ static void l2cap_conn_free(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct l2cap_conn *conn = container_of(ref, struct l2cap_conn, ref);
 
+	hci_chan_del(conn->hchan);
 	hci_conn_put(conn->hcon);
 	kfree(conn);
 }
@@ -7466,14 +7464,33 @@ 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 +7582,8 @@ void l2cap_recv_acldata(struct hci_conn *hcon, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 flags)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	l2cap_conn_put(conn);
+
 drop:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 }