diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
index 4e23d71d00e8..5c730e336114 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
@@ -1407,10 +1407,8 @@ static int nxp_process_fw_dump(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 static int nxp_recv_acl_pkt(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	__u16 handle = __le16_to_cpu(hci_acl_hdr(skb)->handle);
-
 	/* FW dump chunks are ACL packets with conn handle 0xfff */
-	if ((handle & 0x0FFF) == 0xFFF)
+	if (hci_acl_handle(skb) == 0xFFF)
 		return nxp_process_fw_dump(hdev, skb);
 	else
 		return hci_recv_frame(hdev, skb);