diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index 407e9d61d061697a7d17c1b2773c2c2c00f474e0..82aa6f352b202a1980cb59f0a37b9689622fbb53 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -1202,6 +1202,9 @@ static void l2cap_le_flowctl_start(struct l2cap_chan *chan)
 	chan->sdu_len = 0;
 
 	skb_queue_head_init(&chan->tx_q);
+
+	if (!chan->tx_credits)
+		chan->ops->suspend(chan);
 }
 
 static void l2cap_chan_ready(struct l2cap_chan *chan)