diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7d6aaee1569a..125598075010 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2da31939a42f7a676a0bc5155d6a0a39ed8451f2
+refs/heads/master: 7e21addcd0ad87696c17409399e56e874931da57
diff --git a/trunk/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/trunk/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index 1ca5c7ca9bd4..c3701f37aeb0 100644
--- a/trunk/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
+++ b/trunk/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
@@ -414,6 +414,11 @@ static int hci_sock_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		goto done;
 	}
 
+	if (!test_bit(HCI_UP, &hdev->flags)) {
+		err = -ENETDOWN;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	if (!(skb = bt_skb_send_alloc(sk, len, msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err)))
 		goto done;