diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
index bb07a6d0d5978b8b0cde98e0760c5e9ba8223c59..7bae8376fd6f84259947546c21d8f668e89ec3d7 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ struct discovery_state {
 	u8			(*uuids)[16];
 	unsigned long		scan_start;
 	unsigned long		scan_duration;
+	unsigned long		name_resolve_timeout;
 };
 
 #define SUSPEND_NOTIFIER_TIMEOUT	msecs_to_jiffies(2000) /* 2 seconds */
@@ -1759,6 +1760,8 @@ void hci_mgmt_chan_unregister(struct hci_mgmt_chan *c);
 #define DISCOV_LE_FAST_ADV_INT_MIN	0x00A0	/* 100 msec */
 #define DISCOV_LE_FAST_ADV_INT_MAX	0x00F0	/* 150 msec */
 
+#define NAME_RESOLVE_DURATION		msecs_to_jiffies(10240)	/* 10.24 sec */
+
 void mgmt_fill_version_info(void *ver);
 int mgmt_new_settings(struct hci_dev *hdev);
 void mgmt_index_added(struct hci_dev *hdev);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
index 324d376f97d4a2765984cb8d84ef4826d9aba397..9d8d2d9e5d1f41b2b75cf94ebe71ade27d5c47cb 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
@@ -2129,6 +2129,12 @@ static bool hci_resolve_next_name(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	if (list_empty(&discov->resolve))
 		return false;
 
+	/* We should stop if we already spent too much time resolving names. */
+	if (time_after(jiffies, discov->name_resolve_timeout)) {
+		bt_dev_warn_ratelimited(hdev, "Name resolve takes too long.");
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	e = hci_inquiry_cache_lookup_resolve(hdev, BDADDR_ANY, NAME_NEEDED);
 	if (!e)
 		return false;
@@ -2716,6 +2722,7 @@ static void hci_inquiry_complete_evt(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (e && hci_resolve_name(hdev, e) == 0) {
 		e->name_state = NAME_PENDING;
 		hci_discovery_set_state(hdev, DISCOVERY_RESOLVING);
+		discov->name_resolve_timeout = jiffies + NAME_RESOLVE_DURATION;
 	} else {
 		/* When BR/EDR inquiry is active and no LE scanning is in
 		 * progress, then change discovery state to indicate completion.