diff --git a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
index fa0f7a4a1d2fc8a5422a1407bc63407f6ccdb338..608dda5403b7327cd2845eddb3eb57012f77726d 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
@@ -4798,6 +4798,14 @@ static int start_service_discovery(struct sock *sk, struct hci_dev *hdev,
 		goto failed;
 	}
 
+	if (hdev->discovery_paused) {
+		err = mgmt_cmd_complete(sk, hdev->id,
+					MGMT_OP_START_SERVICE_DISCOVERY,
+					MGMT_STATUS_BUSY, &cp->type,
+					sizeof(cp->type));
+		goto failed;
+	}
+
 	uuid_count = __le16_to_cpu(cp->uuid_count);
 	if (uuid_count > max_uuid_count) {
 		bt_dev_err(hdev, "service_discovery: too big uuid_count value %u",