diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index b02454ab07ee28ada43db7cf1c3e675b3ca3113a..623ffe0da4a63788bc0984e264426a7e1961ae57 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -3932,7 +3932,7 @@ int hci_register_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 {
 	int id, error;
 
-	if (!hdev->open || !hdev->close)
+	if (!hdev->open || !hdev->close || !hdev->send)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Do not allow HCI_AMP devices to register at index 0,