diff --git a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
index f50492192197..77cdd94fd607 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 #include <net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h>
+#include <net/bluetooth/l2cap.h>
 #include <net/bluetooth/hci_core.h>
 #include <net/bluetooth/l2cap.h>
 
@@ -565,6 +566,9 @@ int bnep_add_connection(struct bnep_connadd_req *req, struct socket *sock)
 
 	BT_DBG("");
 
+	if (!l2cap_is_socket(sock))
+		return -EBADFD;
+
 	baswap((void *) dst, &bt_sk(sock->sk)->dst);
 	baswap((void *) src, &bt_sk(sock->sk)->src);