diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c3e9ecc91148..025534f23717 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 01178cd420e0134ef3fb4da161ba6390c66913bf
+refs/heads/master: 53cce22dc795e73fb48205e3f584f63f4c71c90c
diff --git a/trunk/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/trunk/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index 551df8a6f983..9369e010c90e 100644
--- a/trunk/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/trunk/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ static int __hci_req_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev,
 	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
 	req(hdev, opt);
+
+	/* If the request didn't send any commands return immediately */
+	if (skb_queue_empty(&hdev->cmd_q) && atomic_read(&hdev->cmd_cnt)) {
+		hdev->req_status = 0;
+		remove_wait_queue(&hdev->req_wait_q, &wait);
+		return err;
+	}
+
 	schedule_timeout(timeout);
 
 	remove_wait_queue(&hdev->req_wait_q, &wait);