diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
index eebe256104bc0..947ca580bb9a2 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static const struct proto_ops l2cap_sock_ops;
 static void l2cap_sock_init(struct sock *sk, struct sock *parent);
 static struct sock *l2cap_sock_alloc(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
 				     int proto, gfp_t prio, int kern);
+static void l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen(struct sock *parent);
 
 bool l2cap_is_socket(struct socket *sock)
 {
@@ -1415,6 +1416,7 @@ static int l2cap_sock_release(struct socket *sock)
 	if (!sk)
 		return 0;
 
+	l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen(sk);
 	bt_sock_unlink(&l2cap_sk_list, sk);
 
 	err = l2cap_sock_shutdown(sock, SHUT_RDWR);