diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
index 9d5057cef30a..bb02f1ca8cd0 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
@@ -1719,6 +1719,7 @@ struct hci_conn *hci_connect_sco(struct hci_dev *hdev, int type, bdaddr_t *dst,
 
 		hci_sco_setup(acl, 0x00);
 	}
+	hci_conn_get(sco);
 
 	return sco;
 }
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/sco.c b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
index c736186aba26..5cba9cfff8ec 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/sco.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ static void __sco_sock_close(struct sock *sk)
 			sco_sock_set_timer(sk, SCO_DISCONN_TIMEOUT);
 			sco_conn_lock(sco_pi(sk)->conn);
 			hci_conn_drop(sco_pi(sk)->conn->hcon);
+			hci_conn_put(sco_pi(sk)->conn->hcon);
 			sco_pi(sk)->conn->hcon = NULL;
 			sco_conn_unlock(sco_pi(sk)->conn);
 		} else