diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
index 1c49964f5e601011fbec5a411ff13dad1de91459..963bb0309e25d34a44382bc3a8e9e0556cca72d1 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static void hci_uart_write_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	clear_bit(HCI_UART_SENDING, &hu->tx_state);
 }
 
-static void hci_uart_init_work(struct work_struct *work)
+void hci_uart_init_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct hci_uart *hu = container_of(work, struct hci_uart, init_ready);
 	int err;
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c
index 7a3d6d636192d973ff0b745b70ce7e888131dd2f..aa2543b3c286968fece4acee97953eb2c1fe0ba8 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ int hci_uart_register_device(struct hci_uart *hu,
 	hdev->bus = HCI_UART;
 	hci_set_drvdata(hdev, hu);
 
+	INIT_WORK(&hu->init_ready, hci_uart_init_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&hu->write_work, hci_uart_write_work);
 	percpu_init_rwsem(&hu->proto_lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_uart.h b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_uart.h
index 66e8c68e4607d72e462ea0c093dcefd6fb4636d5..00cab2fd7a1b8302ef164940a784485a9198784d 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_uart.h
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_uart.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ void hci_uart_unregister_device(struct hci_uart *hu);
 
 int hci_uart_tx_wakeup(struct hci_uart *hu);
 int hci_uart_init_ready(struct hci_uart *hu);
+void hci_uart_init_work(struct work_struct *work);
 void hci_uart_set_baudrate(struct hci_uart *hu, unsigned int speed);
 void hci_uart_set_flow_control(struct hci_uart *hu, bool enable);
 void hci_uart_set_speeds(struct hci_uart *hu, unsigned int init_speed,