diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
index 3a9cbf2b55c0dfa5ff37a3b8208fecfc2c11d0a8..332ee5099a52ad0104caa4b015dfad0140c959ef 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
@@ -1042,6 +1042,11 @@ int hci_unregister_cb(struct hci_cb *hcb);
 struct hci_request {
 	struct hci_dev		*hdev;
 	struct sk_buff_head	cmd_q;
+
+	/* If something goes wrong when building the HCI request, the error
+	 * value is stored in this field.
+	 */
+	int			err;
 };
 
 void hci_req_init(struct hci_request *req, struct hci_dev *hdev);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index 4603464b91e2e6002ad2176097b355b59d8c2331..b432baafdf12f6c1363663dde4e2a7f5a35c6d8f 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -2443,6 +2443,7 @@ void hci_req_init(struct hci_request *req, struct hci_dev *hdev)
 {
 	skb_queue_head_init(&req->cmd_q);
 	req->hdev = hdev;
+	req->err = 0;
 }
 
 int hci_req_run(struct hci_request *req, hci_req_complete_t complete)
@@ -2453,6 +2454,14 @@ int hci_req_run(struct hci_request *req, hci_req_complete_t complete)
 
 	BT_DBG("length %u", skb_queue_len(&req->cmd_q));
 
+	/* If an error occured during request building, remove all HCI
+	 * commands queued on the HCI request queue.
+	 */
+	if (req->err) {
+		skb_queue_purge(&req->cmd_q);
+		return req->err;
+	}
+
 	/* Do not allow empty requests */
 	if (skb_queue_empty(&req->cmd_q))
 		return -ENODATA;
@@ -2529,7 +2538,9 @@ int hci_req_add(struct hci_request *req, u16 opcode, u32 plen, void *param)
 
 	skb = hci_prepare_cmd(hdev, opcode, plen, param);
 	if (!skb) {
-		BT_ERR("%s no memory for command", hdev->name);
+		BT_ERR("%s no memory for command (opcode 0x%4.4x)",
+		       hdev->name, opcode);
+		req->err = -ENOMEM;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}