diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
index e34fc15b7d2c05821db5e8b9d58d7d0162e49fd5..9d8490570b422b4924e5e46d867d8607a5242579 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
@@ -1841,6 +1841,7 @@ static u8 hci_update_accept_list_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	struct bdaddr_list *b, *t;
 	u8 num_entries = 0;
 	bool pend_conn, pend_report;
+	u8 filter_policy;
 	int err;
 
 	/* Pause advertising if resolving list can be used as controllers are
@@ -1927,6 +1928,8 @@ static u8 hci_update_accept_list_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 		err = -EINVAL;
 
 done:
+	filter_policy = err ? 0x00 : 0x01;
+
 	/* Enable address resolution when LL Privacy is enabled. */
 	err = hci_le_set_addr_resolution_enable_sync(hdev, 0x01);
 	if (err)
@@ -1937,7 +1940,7 @@ static u8 hci_update_accept_list_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 		hci_resume_advertising_sync(hdev);
 
 	/* Select filter policy to use accept list */
-	return err ? 0x00 : 0x01;
+	return filter_policy;
 }
 
 /* Returns true if an le connection is in the scanning state */