diff --git a/net/bluetooth/smp.c b/net/bluetooth/smp.c
index 1201670afe381ac7e637137963dfd78e708623bb..560f78a9f960a59b64330c2618539ba29cf3d8ea 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/smp.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/smp.c
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ static u8 smp_cmd_security_req(struct l2cap_conn *conn, struct sk_buff *skb)
 int smp_conn_security(struct hci_conn *hcon, __u8 sec_level)
 {
 	struct l2cap_conn *conn = hcon->l2cap_data;
-	struct l2cap_chan *chan = conn->smp;
+	struct l2cap_chan *chan;
 	struct smp_chan *smp;
 	__u8 authreq;
 	int ret;
@@ -1221,6 +1221,8 @@ int smp_conn_security(struct hci_conn *hcon, __u8 sec_level)
 	if (!conn)
 		return 1;
 
+	chan = conn->smp;
+
 	if (!test_bit(HCI_LE_ENABLED, &hcon->hdev->dev_flags))
 		return 1;