diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
index bcada51cb01efb43e0d4b62c0a58c8a5a8c24722..05fea988b4cfbd6b0576b7fe031905e8aaa1a8ef 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
@@ -1629,6 +1629,8 @@ static struct sock *l2cap_sock_alloc(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
 	chan = l2cap_chan_create();
 	if (!chan) {
 		sk_free(sk);
+		if (sock)
+			sock->sk = NULL;
 		return NULL;
 	}