diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
index ade3fb4c23bce81aa054e2bdd064f74019767dae..e1378693cc907086d5e90a4f8003c11cb774bda2 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
@@ -787,11 +787,6 @@ static int l2cap_sock_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 
 		/*change security for LE channels */
 		if (chan->scid == L2CAP_CID_ATT) {
-			if (!conn->hcon->out) {
-				err = -EINVAL;
-				break;
-			}
-
 			if (smp_conn_security(conn->hcon, sec.level))
 				break;
 			sk->sk_state = BT_CONFIG;