diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c
index f3892e9ce800ff..572d68d52965f6 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ struct vhci_data {
 	bool wakeup;
 	__u16 msft_opcode;
 	bool aosp_capable;
+	atomic_t initialized;
 };
 
 static int vhci_open_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev)
@@ -75,11 +77,10 @@ static int vhci_send_frame(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	memcpy(skb_push(skb, 1), &hci_skb_pkt_type(skb), 1);
 
-	mutex_lock(&data->open_mutex);
 	skb_queue_tail(&data->readq, skb);
-	mutex_unlock(&data->open_mutex);
 
-	wake_up_interruptible(&data->read_wait);
+	if (atomic_read(&data->initialized))
+		wake_up_interruptible(&data->read_wait);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -464,7 +465,8 @@ static int __vhci_create_device(struct vhci_data *data, __u8 opcode)
 	skb_put_u8(skb, 0xff);
 	skb_put_u8(skb, opcode);
 	put_unaligned_le16(hdev->id, skb_put(skb, 2));
-	skb_queue_tail(&data->readq, skb);
+	skb_queue_head(&data->readq, skb);
+	atomic_inc(&data->initialized);
 
 	wake_up_interruptible(&data->read_wait);
 	return 0;