diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index 14131e427efd..6606d7f12534 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -1678,17 +1678,15 @@ static void l2cap_info_timeout(struct work_struct *work)
 
 int l2cap_register_user(struct l2cap_conn *conn, struct l2cap_user *user)
 {
-	struct hci_dev *hdev = conn->hcon->hdev;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* We need to check whether l2cap_conn is registered. If it is not, we
-	 * must not register the l2cap_user. l2cap_conn_del() is unregisters
-	 * l2cap_conn objects, but doesn't provide its own locking. Instead, it
-	 * relies on the parent hci_conn object to be locked. This itself relies
-	 * on the hci_dev object to be locked. So we must lock the hci device
-	 * here, too. */
+	 * must not register the l2cap_user. l2cap_conn_del() unregisters
+	 * l2cap_conn objects under conn->lock, and we use the same lock here
+	 * to protect access to conn->users and conn->hchan.
+	 */
 
-	hci_dev_lock(hdev);
+	mutex_lock(&conn->lock);
 
 	if (!list_empty(&user->list)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -1709,16 +1707,14 @@ int l2cap_register_user(struct l2cap_conn *conn, struct l2cap_user *user)
 	ret = 0;
 
 out_unlock:
-	hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
+	mutex_unlock(&conn->lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(l2cap_register_user);
 
 void l2cap_unregister_user(struct l2cap_conn *conn, struct l2cap_user *user)
 {
-	struct hci_dev *hdev = conn->hcon->hdev;
-
-	hci_dev_lock(hdev);
+	mutex_lock(&conn->lock);
 
 	if (list_empty(&user->list))
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -1727,7 +1723,7 @@ void l2cap_unregister_user(struct l2cap_conn *conn, struct l2cap_user *user)
 	user->remove(conn, user);
 
 out_unlock:
-	hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
+	mutex_unlock(&conn->lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(l2cap_unregister_user);