diff --git a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
index 9d68dd86023c..1a6aa3f8d4d6 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
@@ -340,6 +340,16 @@ struct sock *bt_accept_dequeue(struct sock *parent, struct socket *newsock)
 			if (newsock)
 				sock_graft(sk, newsock);
 
+			/* Hand the caller a reference taken while sk is
+			 * still locked.  bt_accept_unlink() just dropped
+			 * the accept-queue reference; without this hold a
+			 * concurrent teardown (e.g. l2cap_conn_del() ->
+			 * l2cap_sock_kill()) could free sk between
+			 * release_sock() and the caller using it.  Every
+			 * caller drops this with sock_put() when done.
+			 */
+			sock_hold(sk);
+
 			release_sock(sk);
 			if (next)
 				sock_put(next);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/iso.c b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
index b971281f0a2b..d7af617cda45 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/iso.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@ static void iso_sock_cleanup_listen(struct sock *parent)
 	while ((sk = bt_accept_dequeue(parent, NULL))) {
 		iso_sock_close(sk);
 		iso_sock_kill(sk);
+		/* Drop the reference handed back by bt_accept_dequeue(). */
+		sock_put(sk);
 	}
 
 	/* If listening socket has a hcon, properly disconnect it */
@@ -1356,8 +1358,13 @@ static int iso_sock_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket *newsock,
 		}
 
 		ch = bt_accept_dequeue(sk, newsock);
-		if (ch)
+		if (ch) {
+			/* Drop the bridging ref from bt_accept_dequeue();
+			 * the grafted socket keeps ch alive from here.
+			 */
+			sock_put(ch);
 			break;
+		}
 
 		if (!timeo) {
 			err = -EAGAIN;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
index cf590a67d364..b34e7da8d906 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
@@ -349,8 +349,13 @@ static int l2cap_sock_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket *newsock,
 		}
 
 		nsk = bt_accept_dequeue(sk, newsock);
-		if (nsk)
+		if (nsk) {
+			/* Drop the bridging ref from bt_accept_dequeue();
+			 * the grafted socket keeps nsk alive from here.
+			 */
+			sock_put(nsk);
 			break;
+		}
 
 		if (!timeo) {
 			err = -EAGAIN;
@@ -1475,22 +1480,54 @@ static void l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen(struct sock *parent)
 	BT_DBG("parent %p state %s", parent,
 	       state_to_string(parent->sk_state));
 
-	/* Close not yet accepted channels */
+	/* Close not yet accepted channels.
+	 *
+	 * bt_accept_dequeue() now returns sk with an extra reference held
+	 * (taken while sk was still locked) so a concurrent l2cap_conn_del()
+	 * -> l2cap_sock_kill() cannot free sk under us.
+	 *
+	 * cleanup_listen() runs under the parent sk lock, so unlike
+	 * l2cap_sock_shutdown() we must NOT take conn->lock here: that would
+	 * establish sk_lock -> conn->lock and invert the established
+	 * conn->lock -> chan->lock -> sk_lock order (lockdep deadlock).
+	 *
+	 * Instead, briefly take the child sk lock to fetch and pin its chan.
+	 * l2cap_conn_del() reaches the chan free only via
+	 * l2cap_chan_del() -> l2cap_sock_teardown_cb(), which itself takes
+	 * the child sk lock; holding it across l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero()
+	 * therefore guarantees the chan cannot be freed while we read and
+	 * pin it (hold_unless_zero() additionally skips a chan already past
+	 * its last reference).  We then drop the sk lock before taking
+	 * chan->lock, so sk and chan locks are never held together.
+	 */
 	while ((sk = bt_accept_dequeue(parent, NULL))) {
-		struct l2cap_chan *chan = l2cap_pi(sk)->chan;
+		struct l2cap_chan *chan;
+
+		lock_sock_nested(sk, L2CAP_NESTING_NORMAL);
+		chan = l2cap_chan_hold_unless_zero(l2cap_pi(sk)->chan);
+		release_sock(sk);
+		if (!chan) {
+			/* l2cap_conn_del() already tearing this child down */
+			sock_put(sk);
+			continue;
+		}
 
 		BT_DBG("child chan %p state %s", chan,
 		       state_to_string(chan->state));
 
-		l2cap_chan_hold(chan);
 		l2cap_chan_lock(chan);
-
 		__clear_chan_timer(chan);
 		l2cap_chan_close(chan, ECONNRESET);
-		l2cap_sock_kill(sk);
-
+		/* l2cap_conn_del() may already have killed this socket
+		 * (it sets SOCK_DEAD); skip the duplicate to avoid a
+		 * double sock_put()/l2cap_chan_put().
+		 */
+		if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD))
+			l2cap_sock_kill(sk);
 		l2cap_chan_unlock(chan);
+
 		l2cap_chan_put(chan);
+		sock_put(sk);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
index be6639cd6f59..bd7d959c6e9e 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ static void rfcomm_sock_cleanup_listen(struct sock *parent)
 	while ((sk = bt_accept_dequeue(parent, NULL))) {
 		rfcomm_sock_close(sk);
 		rfcomm_sock_kill(sk);
+		/* Drop the reference handed back by bt_accept_dequeue(). */
+		sock_put(sk);
 	}
 
 	parent->sk_state  = BT_CLOSED;
@@ -497,8 +499,13 @@ static int rfcomm_sock_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket *newsock,
 		}
 
 		nsk = bt_accept_dequeue(sk, newsock);
-		if (nsk)
+		if (nsk) {
+			/* Drop the bridging ref from bt_accept_dequeue();
+			 * the grafted socket keeps nsk alive from here.
+			 */
+			sock_put(nsk);
 			break;
+		}
 
 		if (!timeo) {
 			err = -EAGAIN;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/sco.c b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
index eba44525d41d..f1799c6a6f87 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/sco.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
@@ -502,6 +502,8 @@ static void sco_sock_cleanup_listen(struct sock *parent)
 	while ((sk = bt_accept_dequeue(parent, NULL))) {
 		sco_sock_close(sk);
 		sco_sock_kill(sk);
+		/* Drop the reference handed back by bt_accept_dequeue(). */
+		sock_put(sk);
 	}
 
 	parent->sk_state  = BT_CLOSED;
@@ -765,8 +767,13 @@ static int sco_sock_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket *newsock,
 		}
 
 		ch = bt_accept_dequeue(sk, newsock);
-		if (ch)
+		if (ch) {
+			/* Drop the bridging ref from bt_accept_dequeue();
+			 * the grafted socket keeps ch alive from here.
+			 */
+			sock_put(ch);
 			break;
+		}
 
 		if (!timeo) {
 			err = -EAGAIN;