diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
index 0e7ee892d7aba678876328457e79c777aeb2a4a8..89eda2ef23809bbad602ddfb7076ec17e72907ba 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ struct hci_dev {
 	struct sk_buff_head	raw_q;
 	struct sk_buff_head	cmd_q;
 
+	struct sk_buff		*recv_evt;
 	struct sk_buff		*sent_cmd;
 	struct sk_buff		*reassembly[NUM_REASSEMBLY];
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index a199d631e31cfd8cc82b0a509e12debf9a0bce2f..7c323bd112ff68e16fbdebeb9184fd038ccc4801 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -1136,6 +1136,9 @@ static int hci_dev_do_close(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 		hdev->sent_cmd = NULL;
 	}
 
+	kfree_skb(hdev->recv_evt);
+	hdev->recv_evt = NULL;
+
 	/* After this point our queues are empty
 	 * and no tasks are scheduled. */
 	hdev->close(hdev);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
index 7e7fbca59439cc10be62d15ca65630db66bc6979..ed0efb7255b064cb6f520ae9b89925d5e0f71f17 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
@@ -3699,6 +3699,18 @@ void hci_event_packet(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct hci_event_hdr *hdr = (void *) skb->data;
 	__u8 event = hdr->evt;
 
+	hci_dev_lock(hdev);
+
+	/* Received events are (currently) only needed when a request is
+	 * ongoing so avoid unnecessary memory allocation.
+	 */
+	if (hdev->req_status == HCI_REQ_PEND) {
+		kfree_skb(hdev->recv_evt);
+		hdev->recv_evt = skb_clone(skb, GFP_KERNEL);
+	}
+
+	hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
+
 	skb_pull(skb, HCI_EVENT_HDR_SIZE);
 
 	switch (event) {