diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
index 007b8db76283..ffd7b37e7401 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
@@ -7289,8 +7289,13 @@ static void create_le_conn_complete(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data, int err)
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
-	/* Check if connection is still pending */
-	if (conn != hci_lookup_le_connect(hdev))
+	/* Check if this connection is still pending.
+	 *
+	 * hci_lookup_le_connect() returns only the first LE connection
+	 * in BT_CONNECT, which is not necessarily this one when two are
+	 * pending at once, so ask the connection itself.
+	 */
+	if (conn->state != BT_CONNECT)
 		goto unlock;
 
 	/* Flush to make sure we send create conn cancel command if needed */