diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
index c2f2a0c0e73d..c9e80b957455 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
@@ -6340,6 +6340,7 @@ static int hci_active_scan_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, uint16_t interval)
 	u8 filter_policy = 0x00;
 	/* Default is to enable duplicates filter */
 	u8 filter_dup = LE_SCAN_FILTER_DUP_ENABLE;
+	bool paused;
 	int err;
 
 	bt_dev_dbg(hdev, "");
@@ -6363,6 +6364,12 @@ static int hci_active_scan_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, uint16_t interval)
 	if (err)
 		goto failed;
 
+	/* LE Set Random Address is disallowed while advertising is enabled. */
+	paused = !hdev->advertising_paused;
+	err = hci_pause_advertising_sync(hdev);
+	if (err)
+		goto failed;
+
 	/* All active scans will be done with either a resolvable private
 	 * address (when privacy feature has been enabled) or non-resolvable
 	 * private address.
@@ -6372,6 +6379,9 @@ static int hci_active_scan_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, uint16_t interval)
 	if (err < 0)
 		own_addr_type = ADDR_LE_DEV_PUBLIC;
 
+	if (paused)
+		hci_resume_advertising_sync(hdev);
+
 	if (hci_is_adv_monitoring(hdev) ||
 	    (hci_test_quirk(hdev, HCI_QUIRK_STRICT_DUPLICATE_FILTER) &&
 	    hdev->discovery.result_filtering)) {
@@ -6395,9 +6405,8 @@ static int hci_active_scan_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, uint16_t interval)
 		return err;
 
 failed:
-	/* Resume advertising if it was paused */
-	if (ll_privacy_capable(hdev))
-		hci_resume_advertising_sync(hdev);
+	/* No-op when advertising was not paused. */
+	hci_resume_advertising_sync(hdev);
 
 	/* Resume passive scanning */
 	hci_update_passive_scan_sync(hdev);