diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index 596660d37c5..0f78e34220c 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -2810,14 +2810,6 @@ static void hci_acldata_packet(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (conn) {
 		hci_conn_enter_active_mode(conn, BT_POWER_FORCE_ACTIVE_OFF);
 
-		hci_dev_lock(hdev);
-		if (test_bit(HCI_MGMT, &hdev->dev_flags) &&
-		    !test_and_set_bit(HCI_CONN_MGMT_CONNECTED, &conn->flags))
-			mgmt_device_connected(hdev, &conn->dst, conn->type,
-					      conn->dst_type, 0, NULL, 0,
-					      conn->dev_class);
-		hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
-
 		/* Send to upper protocol */
 		l2cap_recv_acldata(conn, skb, flags);
 		return;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index 2c78208d793..22e65832284 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -3727,6 +3727,17 @@ sendresp:
 static int l2cap_connect_req(struct l2cap_conn *conn,
 			     struct l2cap_cmd_hdr *cmd, u8 *data)
 {
+	struct hci_dev *hdev = conn->hcon->hdev;
+	struct hci_conn *hcon = conn->hcon;
+
+	hci_dev_lock(hdev);
+	if (test_bit(HCI_MGMT, &hdev->dev_flags) &&
+	    !test_and_set_bit(HCI_CONN_MGMT_CONNECTED, &hcon->flags))
+		mgmt_device_connected(hdev, &hcon->dst, hcon->type,
+				      hcon->dst_type, 0, NULL, 0,
+				      hcon->dev_class);
+	hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
+
 	l2cap_connect(conn, cmd, data, L2CAP_CONN_RSP, 0);
 	return 0;
 }