diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
index 1458667b284532bf8485c15e73e948f78e3db999..2fcced377e503ad2e9feded38ec5609748e7d2ff 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
@@ -483,6 +483,11 @@ struct hci_conn *hci_connect(struct hci_dev *hdev, int type, bdaddr_t *dst,
 	if (type == LE_LINK) {
 		le = hci_conn_hash_lookup_ba(hdev, LE_LINK, dst);
 		if (!le) {
+			le = hci_conn_hash_lookup_state(hdev, LE_LINK,
+							BT_CONNECT);
+			if (le)
+				return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
+
 			le = hci_conn_add(hdev, LE_LINK, dst);
 			if (!le)
 				return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);