diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
index 62f9d4df3a4f..49ecb18fea45 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
@@ -1342,6 +1342,19 @@ void btrtl_set_quirks(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct btrtl_device_info *btrtl_dev)
 	if (!btrtl_dev->ic_info)
 		return;
 
+	switch (btrtl_dev->project_id) {
+	case CHIP_ID_8761B:
+		/* RTL8761B/BU reports HCI version 5.1 but does not support
+		 * the LE Extended Scan commands (Opcode 0x2042), causing
+		 * repeated -EBUSY failures when BlueZ attempts extended
+		 * scanning while a connection is active.
+		 */
+		hci_set_quirk(hdev, HCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_EXT_SCAN);
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
 	switch (btrtl_dev->ic_info->lmp_subver) {
 	case RTL_ROM_LMP_8703B:
 		/* 8723CS reports two pages for local ext features,