diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
index 605829b2c63e..88566f2e0a6f 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static inline void hci_conn_put(struct hci_conn *conn)
 {
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&conn->refcnt)) {
 		unsigned long timeo;
-		if (conn->type == ACL_LINK) {
+		if (conn->type == ACL_LINK || conn->type == LE_LINK) {
 			del_timer(&conn->idle_timer);
 			if (conn->state == BT_CONNECTED) {
 				timeo = msecs_to_jiffies(conn->disc_timeout);