diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index 3418d7b964a1..62469dba9e63 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ static void hci_cmd_timeout(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (hdev->req_skb) {
 		u16 opcode = hci_skb_opcode(hdev->req_skb);
 
-		bt_dev_err(hdev, "command 0x%4.4x tx timeout", opcode);
+		bt_dev_err(hdev, "command 0x%4.4x skb: %p tx timeout", opcode, hdev->req_skb);
 
 		hci_cmd_sync_cancel_sync(hdev, ETIMEDOUT);
 	} else {
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
index 6e76798ec786..cfa3e799a212 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ static int hci_req_sync_run(struct hci_request *req)
 		return -ENODATA;
 
 	skb = skb_peek_tail(&req->cmd_q);
+	printk("status: %u, result: %u, skb: %p, %s\n",
+		hdev->req_status, hdev->req_result, skb, __func__);
 	bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_complete_skb = hci_cmd_sync_complete;
 	bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_flags |= HCI_REQ_SKB;
 
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__hci_cmd_sync_sk(struct hci_dev *hdev, u16 opcode, u32 plen,
 	struct hci_request req;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int err = 0;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	bt_dev_dbg(hdev, "Opcode 0x%4.4x", opcode);
 
@@ -201,18 +204,33 @@ struct sk_buff *__hci_cmd_sync_sk(struct hci_dev *hdev, u16 opcode, u32 plen,
 
 	bt_dev_dbg(hdev, "end: err %d", err);
 
+	printk("err: %d, status: %u, result: %u, skb: %p, %s\n",
+		err, hdev->req_status, hdev->req_result, skb, __func__);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* If command return a status event skb will be set to NULL as there are
 	 * no parameters.
 	 */
-	if (!skb)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
+	if (!skb) {
+		err = -ENODATA;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	return skb;
+
+out:
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&hdev->cmd_q.lock, flags);
+	skb = __skb_dequeue_tail(&hdev->cmd_q);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hdev->cmd_q.lock, flags);
+	printk("remove skb: %p, %s\n", skb, __func__);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__hci_cmd_sync_sk);