diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
index 6a3225bf7bacfe4aa8606d822bd2c58cde0f1f91..74b8e2421e96c84bf6e7dc95c6cc94e4b4ba8bb1 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ int hci_conn_del(struct hci_conn *conn)
 		/* Unacked frames */
 		hdev->acl_cnt += conn->sent;
 	} else if (conn->type == LE_LINK) {
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&conn->le_conn_timeout);
+		cancel_delayed_work(&conn->le_conn_timeout);
 
 		if (hdev->le_pkts)
 			hdev->le_cnt += conn->sent;