diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btmtkuart.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btmtkuart.c
index 7d405a16f864a..695e1225b08cd 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btmtkuart.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btmtkuart.c
@@ -192,13 +192,6 @@ static int btmtkuart_recv_event(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct hci_event_hdr *hdr = (void *)skb->data;
 	int err;
 
-	/* Fix up the vendor event id with 0xff for vendor specific instead
-	 * of 0xe4 so that event send via monitoring socket can be parsed
-	 * properly.
-	 */
-	if (hdr->evt == 0xe4)
-		hdr->evt = HCI_EV_VENDOR;
-
 	/* When someone waits for the WMT event, the skb is being cloned
 	 * and being processed the events from there then.
 	 */
@@ -214,7 +207,7 @@ static int btmtkuart_recv_event(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto err_free_skb;
 
-	if (hdr->evt == HCI_EV_VENDOR) {
+	if (hdr->evt == HCI_EV_WMT) {
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(BTMTKUART_TX_WAIT_VND_EVT,
 				       &bdev->tx_state)) {
 			/* Barrier to sync with other CPUs */