diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c
index 1e4100bb0b65..111c6c858247 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ struct rfcomm_dev {
 	char			name[12];
 	int			id;
 	unsigned long		flags;
-	int			opened;
+	atomic_t		opened;
 	int			err;
 
 	bdaddr_t		src;
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ static int rfcomm_dev_add(struct rfcomm_dev_req *req, struct rfcomm_dlc *dlc)
 	dev->flags = req->flags &
 		((1 << RFCOMM_RELEASE_ONHUP) | (1 << RFCOMM_REUSE_DLC));
 
+	atomic_set(&dev->opened, 0);
+
 	init_waitqueue_head(&dev->wait);
 	tasklet_init(&dev->wakeup_task, rfcomm_tty_wakeup, (unsigned long) dev);
 
@@ -325,10 +327,10 @@ static void rfcomm_dev_del(struct rfcomm_dev *dev)
 {
 	BT_DBG("dev %p", dev);
 
-	if (test_bit(RFCOMM_TTY_RELEASED, &dev->flags))
-		BUG_ON(1);
-	else
-		set_bit(RFCOMM_TTY_RELEASED, &dev->flags);
+	BUG_ON(test_and_set_bit(RFCOMM_TTY_RELEASED, &dev->flags));
+
+	if (atomic_read(&dev->opened) > 0)
+		return;
 
 	write_lock_bh(&rfcomm_dev_lock);
 	list_del_init(&dev->list);
@@ -684,9 +686,10 @@ static int rfcomm_tty_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	BT_DBG("dev %p dst %s channel %d opened %d", dev, batostr(&dev->dst), dev->channel, dev->opened);
+	BT_DBG("dev %p dst %s channel %d opened %d", dev, batostr(&dev->dst),
+				dev->channel, atomic_read(&dev->opened));
 
-	if (dev->opened++ != 0)
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&dev->opened) > 1)
 		return 0;
 
 	dlc = dev->dlc;
@@ -742,9 +745,10 @@ static void rfcomm_tty_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 	if (!dev)
 		return;
 
-	BT_DBG("tty %p dev %p dlc %p opened %d", tty, dev, dev->dlc, dev->opened);
+	BT_DBG("tty %p dev %p dlc %p opened %d", tty, dev, dev->dlc,
+						atomic_read(&dev->opened));
 
-	if (--dev->opened == 0) {
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&dev->opened)) {
 		if (dev->tty_dev->parent)
 			device_move(dev->tty_dev, NULL);
 
@@ -758,6 +762,14 @@ static void rfcomm_tty_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 		tty->driver_data = NULL;
 		dev->tty = NULL;
 		rfcomm_dlc_unlock(dev->dlc);
+
+		if (test_bit(RFCOMM_TTY_RELEASED, &dev->flags)) {
+			write_lock_bh(&rfcomm_dev_lock);
+			list_del_init(&dev->list);
+			write_unlock_bh(&rfcomm_dev_lock);
+
+			rfcomm_dev_put(dev);
+		}
 	}
 
 	rfcomm_dev_put(dev);