diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
index 485c814cf44aa04123d57a428a6e1a4d6de946a4..73aa9ee9d21af2494045cd9e4b36a5ef59209536 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
@@ -4179,6 +4179,17 @@ static void hci_cmd_complete_evt(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(hci_cc_table)) {
+		/* Unknown opcode, assume byte 0 contains the status, so
+		 * that e.g. __hci_cmd_sync() properly returns errors
+		 * for vendor specific commands send by HCI drivers.
+		 * If a vendor doesn't actually follow this convention we may
+		 * need to introduce a vendor CC table in order to properly set
+		 * the status.
+		 */
+		*status = skb->data[0];
+	}
+
 	handle_cmd_cnt_and_timer(hdev, ev->ncmd);
 
 	hci_req_cmd_complete(hdev, *opcode, *status, req_complete,