diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
index f23c8801ad5c..a3e45b3060d1 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
@@ -4038,16 +4038,29 @@ static void btusb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 static int btusb_suspend(struct usb_interface *intf, pm_message_t message)
 {
 	struct btusb_data *data = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
+	int err;
 
 	BT_DBG("intf %p", intf);
 
-	/* Don't suspend if there are connections */
-	if (hci_conn_count(data->hdev))
+	/* Don't auto-suspend if there are connections; external suspend calls
+	 * shall never fail.
+	 */
+	if (PMSG_IS_AUTO(message) && hci_conn_count(data->hdev))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	if (data->suspend_count++)
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Notify Host stack to suspend; this has to be done before stopping
+	 * the traffic since the hci_suspend_dev itself may generate some
+	 * traffic.
+	 */
+	err = hci_suspend_dev(data->hdev);
+	if (err) {
+		data->suspend_count--;
+		return err;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_irq(&data->txlock);
 	if (!(PMSG_IS_AUTO(message) && data->tx_in_flight)) {
 		set_bit(BTUSB_SUSPENDING, &data->flags);
@@ -4055,6 +4068,7 @@ static int btusb_suspend(struct usb_interface *intf, pm_message_t message)
 	} else {
 		spin_unlock_irq(&data->txlock);
 		data->suspend_count--;
+		hci_resume_dev(data->hdev);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
@@ -4175,6 +4189,8 @@ static int btusb_resume(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&data->txlock);
 	schedule_work(&data->work);
 
+	hci_resume_dev(data->hdev);
+
 	return 0;
 
 failed:
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
index d083117ee36c..c4c74b82ed21 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ static int hci_enhanced_setup_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data)
 
 	kfree(conn_handle);
 
+	if (!hci_conn_valid(hdev, conn))
+		return -ECANCELED;
+
 	bt_dev_dbg(hdev, "hcon %p", conn);
 
 	configure_datapath_sync(hdev, &conn->codec);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
index 37d63d768afb..f48250e3f2e1 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
@@ -865,9 +865,7 @@ static int rfcomm_sock_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned lon
 
 	if (err == -ENOIOCTLCMD) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BT_RFCOMM_TTY
-		lock_sock(sk);
 		err = rfcomm_dev_ioctl(sk, cmd, (void __user *) arg);
-		release_sock(sk);
 #else
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 #endif