diff --git a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
index 14a917e70f3ee83440e3ce7d2362a1fa04422449..bb648d2a14fbb35d45a611b3fe3b1d3567e89575 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
@@ -263,14 +263,11 @@ int bt_sock_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 	if (flags & MSG_OOB)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	lock_sock(sk);
-
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags, noblock, &err);
 	if (!skb) {
 		if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
 			err = 0;
 
-		release_sock(sk);
 		return err;
 	}
 
@@ -296,8 +293,6 @@ int bt_sock_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 
 	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
 
-	release_sock(sk);
-
 	if (flags & MSG_TRUNC)
 		copied = skblen;
 
@@ -520,10 +515,11 @@ int bt_sock_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		if (sk->sk_state == BT_LISTEN)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		lock_sock(sk);
+		spin_lock(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
 		skb = skb_peek(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
 		amount = skb ? skb->len : 0;
-		release_sock(sk);
+		spin_unlock(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
+
 		err = put_user(amount, (int __user *) arg);
 		break;