--- x/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
+++ y/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
@@ -1472,7 +1472,8 @@ static void cmd_complete_rsp(struct mgmt
 	/* dequeue cmd_sync entries using cmd as data as that is about to be
 	 * removed/freed.
 	 */
-	hci_cmd_sync_dequeue(match->hdev, NULL, cmd, NULL);
+	if (!hci_cmd_sync_dequeue(match->hdev, NULL, cmd, NULL))
+		return;
 
 	if (cmd->cmd_complete) {
 		cmd->cmd_complete(cmd, match->mgmt_status);