diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index 79693a9ef4eb2f61fb02c9b302a6654d1e2854a3..5d4ac3fbbc08f3c53bc73b08085513fda8af4232 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -1640,6 +1640,8 @@ static int hci_dev_do_close(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	hci_conn_hash_flush(hdev);
 	hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
 
+	smp_unregister(hdev);
+
 	hci_notify(hdev, HCI_DEV_DOWN);
 
 	if (hdev->flush)
@@ -2147,8 +2149,6 @@ static void hci_power_off(struct work_struct *work)
 	BT_DBG("%s", hdev->name);
 
 	hci_dev_do_close(hdev);
-
-	smp_unregister(hdev);
 }
 
 static void hci_error_reset(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -2166,8 +2166,6 @@ static void hci_error_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (hci_dev_do_close(hdev))
 		return;
 
-	smp_unregister(hdev);
-
 	hci_dev_do_open(hdev);
 }
 
@@ -3137,8 +3135,6 @@ void hci_unregister_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 		rfkill_destroy(hdev->rfkill);
 	}
 
-	smp_unregister(hdev);
-
 	device_del(&hdev->dev);
 
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(hdev->debugfs);