diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index adea7de9563389252dfa395d87a21b124393184f..2312e77582b0f807039afe379bd070188a9dac14 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -5317,7 +5317,10 @@ void hci_update_background_scan(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	struct hci_conn *conn;
 	int err;
 
-	if (test_bit(HCI_UNREGISTER, &hdev->dev_flags))
+	if (!test_bit(HCI_UP, &hdev->flags) ||
+	    test_bit(HCI_INIT, &hdev->flags) ||
+	    test_bit(HCI_SETUP, &hdev->dev_flags) ||
+	    test_bit(HCI_UNREGISTER, &hdev->dev_flags))
 		return;
 
 	hci_req_init(&req, hdev);