diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
index e6855f2c9660..843502783b26 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
@@ -2513,7 +2513,7 @@ static void hci_conn_request_evt(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	/* Reject incoming connection from device with same BD ADDR against
 	 * CVE-2020-26555
 	 */
-	if (!bacmp(&hdev->bdaddr, &ev->bdaddr)) {
+	if (hdev && !bacmp(&hdev->bdaddr, &ev->bdaddr)) {
 		bt_dev_dbg(hdev, "Reject connection with same BD_ADDR %pMR\n",
 			   &ev->bdaddr);
 		hci_reject_conn(hdev, &ev->bdaddr);