diff --git a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
index 85bcc21e84d2..ce82722d049b 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
@@ -533,6 +533,9 @@ int bnep_add_connection(struct bnep_connadd_req *req, struct socket *sock)
 
 	BT_DBG("");
 
+	if (!l2cap_is_socket(sock))
+		return -EBADFD;
+
 	baswap((void *) dst, &l2cap_pi(sock->sk)->chan->dst);
 	baswap((void *) src, &l2cap_pi(sock->sk)->chan->src);