diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h b/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
index 7d2bd562da4bebf63d73a4d37c19aa18d0096d20..fa37bdd00fa5b14f65fd14eaf4792a61a8807312 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ int  bt_sock_register(int proto, const struct net_proto_family *ops);
 void bt_sock_unregister(int proto);
 void bt_sock_link(struct bt_sock_list *l, struct sock *s);
 void bt_sock_unlink(struct bt_sock_list *l, struct sock *s);
+struct sock *bt_sock_alloc(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
+			   struct proto *prot, int proto, gfp_t prio, int kern);
 int  bt_sock_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 		     int flags);
 int  bt_sock_stream_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
index 14a917e70f3ee83440e3ce7d2362a1fa04422449..ef93bfde015b6979d2b0053c6e73f91c6bea0ae3 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
@@ -138,6 +138,27 @@ static int bt_sock_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int proto,
 	return err;
 }
 
+struct sock *bt_sock_alloc(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
+			   struct proto *prot, int proto, gfp_t prio, int kern)
+{
+	struct sock *sk;
+
+	sk = sk_alloc(net, PF_BLUETOOTH, prio, prot, kern);
+	if (!sk)
+		return NULL;
+
+	sock_init_data(sock, sk);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bt_sk(sk)->accept_q);
+
+	sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED);
+
+	sk->sk_protocol = proto;
+	sk->sk_state    = BT_OPEN;
+
+	return sk;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bt_sock_alloc);
+
 void bt_sock_link(struct bt_sock_list *l, struct sock *sk)
 {
 	write_lock(&l->lock);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c b/net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c
index d515571b2afba933b1fa0614e1cc998a572e16ef..59762d82761c7ab636356487b5a7b07c23ff988c 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/bnep/sock.c
@@ -204,21 +204,13 @@ static int bnep_sock_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	if (sock->type != SOCK_RAW)
 		return -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
 
-	sk = sk_alloc(net, PF_BLUETOOTH, GFP_ATOMIC, &bnep_proto, kern);
+	sk = bt_sock_alloc(net, sock, &bnep_proto, protocol, GFP_ATOMIC, kern);
 	if (!sk)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	sock_init_data(sock, sk);
-
 	sock->ops = &bnep_sock_ops;
-
 	sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
 
-	sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED);
-
-	sk->sk_protocol = protocol;
-	sk->sk_state	= BT_OPEN;
-
 	bt_sock_link(&bnep_sk_list, sk);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index d28e263acb6233367760358aeba415b7add4abc5..5eb44aaf722fd38ede3167fa8d769c134801875c 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
@@ -2060,18 +2060,12 @@ static int hci_sock_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 
 	sock->ops = &hci_sock_ops;
 
-	sk = sk_alloc(net, PF_BLUETOOTH, GFP_ATOMIC, &hci_sk_proto, kern);
++	sk = bt_sock_alloc(net, sock, &hci_sk_proto, protocol, GFP_ATOMIC,
++			   kern);
 	if (!sk)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	sock_init_data(sock, sk);
-
-	sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED);
-
-	sk->sk_protocol = protocol;
-
 	sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
-	sk->sk_state = BT_OPEN;
 
 	bt_sock_link(&hci_sk_list, sk);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
index 51927765473bce73989f799e886ee45d556aa0bb..65952826be09b2f908c886da2ef78d22f8b47773 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
@@ -1845,21 +1845,13 @@ static struct sock *l2cap_sock_alloc(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
 	struct sock *sk;
 	struct l2cap_chan *chan;
 
-	sk = sk_alloc(net, PF_BLUETOOTH, prio, &l2cap_proto, kern);
+	sk = bt_sock_alloc(net, sock, &l2cap_proto, proto, prio, kern);
 	if (!sk)
 		return NULL;
 
-	sock_init_data(sock, sk);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bt_sk(sk)->accept_q);
-
 	sk->sk_destruct = l2cap_sock_destruct;
 	sk->sk_sndtimeo = L2CAP_CONN_TIMEOUT;
 
-	sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED);
-
-	sk->sk_protocol = proto;
-	sk->sk_state = BT_OPEN;
-
 	chan = l2cap_chan_create();
 	if (!chan) {
 		sk_free(sk);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
index 82fb8db7f92e387b9ba9301030123d002cba08d5..524a8644266a6118fd03c428f8519e6c74dceadf 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
@@ -268,21 +268,19 @@ static struct proto rfcomm_proto = {
 	.obj_size	= sizeof(struct rfcomm_pinfo)
 };
 
-static struct sock *rfcomm_sock_alloc(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int proto, gfp_t prio, int kern)
+static struct sock *rfcomm_sock_alloc(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
+				      int proto, gfp_t prio, int kern)
 {
 	struct rfcomm_dlc *d;
 	struct sock *sk;
 
-	sk = sk_alloc(net, PF_BLUETOOTH, prio, &rfcomm_proto, kern);
-	if (!sk)
+	d = rfcomm_dlc_alloc(prio);
+	if (!d)
 		return NULL;
 
-	sock_init_data(sock, sk);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bt_sk(sk)->accept_q);
-
-	d = rfcomm_dlc_alloc(prio);
-	if (!d) {
-		sk_free(sk);
+	sk = bt_sock_alloc(net, sock, &rfcomm_proto, proto, prio, kern);
+	if (!sk) {
+		rfcomm_dlc_free(d);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -298,11 +296,6 @@ static struct sock *rfcomm_sock_alloc(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int
 	sk->sk_sndbuf = RFCOMM_MAX_CREDITS * RFCOMM_DEFAULT_MTU * 10;
 	sk->sk_rcvbuf = RFCOMM_MAX_CREDITS * RFCOMM_DEFAULT_MTU * 10;
 
-	sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED);
-
-	sk->sk_protocol = proto;
-	sk->sk_state    = BT_OPEN;
-
 	bt_sock_link(&rfcomm_sk_list, sk);
 
 	BT_DBG("sk %p", sk);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/sco.c b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
index 1e5daa03155f413a05238715addaacd9d14771f7..b61abe62c2ad16ebbbbe14722a8f86ac89592fbd 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/sco.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
@@ -482,21 +482,13 @@ static struct sock *sco_sock_alloc(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
 {
 	struct sock *sk;
 
-	sk = sk_alloc(net, PF_BLUETOOTH, prio, &sco_proto, kern);
+	sk = bt_sock_alloc(net, sock, &sco_proto, proto, prio, kern);
 	if (!sk)
 		return NULL;
 
-	sock_init_data(sock, sk);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bt_sk(sk)->accept_q);
-
 	sk->sk_destruct = sco_sock_destruct;
 	sk->sk_sndtimeo = SCO_CONN_TIMEOUT;
 
-	sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED);
-
-	sk->sk_protocol = proto;
-	sk->sk_state    = BT_OPEN;
-
 	sco_pi(sk)->setting = BT_VOICE_CVSD_16BIT;
 
 	bt_sock_link(&sco_sk_list, sk);