diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/rfcomm.h b/include/net/bluetooth/rfcomm.h
index d5eee2093b1e..e2e3ecad1008 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/rfcomm.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/rfcomm.h
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ struct rfcomm_dlc {
 #define RFCOMM_AUTH_ACCEPT  6
 #define RFCOMM_AUTH_REJECT  7
 #define RFCOMM_DEFER_SETUP  8
+#define RFCOMM_ENC_DROP     9
 
 /* Scheduling flags and events */
 #define RFCOMM_SCHED_WAKEUP 31
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
index 5ba3f6df665c..71ef2581c60f 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c
@@ -1802,6 +1802,11 @@ static inline void rfcomm_process_dlcs(struct rfcomm_session *s)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if (test_bit(RFCOMM_ENC_DROP, &d->flags)) {
+			__rfcomm_dlc_close(d, ECONNREFUSED);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(RFCOMM_AUTH_ACCEPT, &d->flags)) {
 			rfcomm_dlc_clear_timer(d);
 			if (d->out) {
@@ -2074,7 +2079,7 @@ static void rfcomm_security_cfm(struct hci_conn *conn, u8 status, u8 encrypt)
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(RFCOMM_SEC_PENDING, &d->flags)) {
 			rfcomm_dlc_clear_timer(d);
 			if (status || encrypt == 0x00) {
-				__rfcomm_dlc_close(d, ECONNREFUSED);
+				set_bit(RFCOMM_ENC_DROP, &d->flags);
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
@@ -2085,7 +2090,7 @@ static void rfcomm_security_cfm(struct hci_conn *conn, u8 status, u8 encrypt)
 				rfcomm_dlc_set_timer(d, RFCOMM_AUTH_TIMEOUT);
 				continue;
 			} else if (d->sec_level == BT_SECURITY_HIGH) {
-				__rfcomm_dlc_close(d, ECONNREFUSED);
+				set_bit(RFCOMM_ENC_DROP, &d->flags);
 				continue;
 			}
 		}