diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
index e32bb9c342a5..96195d2fd10f 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
@@ -2375,10 +2375,13 @@ struct hci_conn *hci_bind_bis(struct hci_dev *hdev, bdaddr_t *dst, __u8 sid,
 	parent = hci_conn_hash_lookup_big(hdev,
 					  conn->iso_qos.bcast.big);
 	if (parent && parent != conn) {
+		hci_conn_hold(parent);
 		link = hci_conn_link(parent, conn);
 		hci_conn_drop(conn);
-		if (!link)
+		if (!link) {
+			hci_conn_drop(parent);
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOLINK);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return conn;