diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/amp.h b/include/net/bluetooth/amp.h
index ae2c3e536473..2e7c79ea0463 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/amp.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/amp.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct amp_ctrl *amp_ctrl_lookup(struct amp_mgr *mgr, u8 id);
 void amp_ctrl_list_flush(struct amp_mgr *mgr);
 
 struct hci_conn *phylink_add(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct amp_mgr *mgr,
-			     u8 remote_id);
+			     u8 remote_id, bool out);
 
 int phylink_gen_key(struct hci_conn *hcon, u8 *data, u8 *len, u8 *type);
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/a2mp.c b/net/bluetooth/a2mp.c
index 88a4b583d218..3ff4dc928bf5 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/a2mp.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/a2mp.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static int a2mp_getampassoc_rsp(struct amp_mgr *mgr, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (!hdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	hcon = phylink_add(hdev, mgr, rsp->id);
+	hcon = phylink_add(hdev, mgr, rsp->id, true);
 	if (!hcon)
 		goto done;
 
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static int a2mp_createphyslink_req(struct amp_mgr *mgr, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		amp_ctrl_put(ctrl);
 	}
 
-	hcon = phylink_add(hdev, mgr, req->local_id);
+	hcon = phylink_add(hdev, mgr, req->local_id, false);
 	if (hcon) {
 		amp_accept_phylink(hdev, mgr, hcon);
 		rsp.status = A2MP_STATUS_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/amp.c b/net/bluetooth/amp.c
index 2fc5562a84b9..59da0f15818e 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/amp.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/amp.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static u8 __next_handle(struct amp_mgr *mgr)
 }
 
 struct hci_conn *phylink_add(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct amp_mgr *mgr,
-			     u8 remote_id)
+			     u8 remote_id, bool out)
 {
 	bdaddr_t *dst = mgr->l2cap_conn->dst;
 	struct hci_conn *hcon;
@@ -117,12 +117,14 @@ struct hci_conn *phylink_add(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct amp_mgr *mgr,
 	if (!hcon)
 		return NULL;
 
+	BT_DBG("hcon %p dst %pMR", hcon, dst);
+
 	hcon->state = BT_CONNECT;
-	hcon->out = true;
 	hcon->attempt++;
 	hcon->handle = __next_handle(mgr);
 	hcon->remote_id = remote_id;
 	hcon->amp_mgr = mgr;
+	hcon->out = out;
 
 	return hcon;
 }