diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
index 9d0c7e278114b..1fae753ab6833 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
@@ -1253,8 +1253,10 @@ static int btnxpuart_close(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	ps_wakeup(nxpdev);
 	serdev_device_close(nxpdev->serdev);
 	skb_queue_purge(&nxpdev->txq);
-	kfree_skb(nxpdev->rx_skb);
-	nxpdev->rx_skb = NULL;
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(nxpdev->rx_skb)) {
+		kfree_skb(nxpdev->rx_skb);
+		nxpdev->rx_skb = NULL;
+	}
 	clear_bit(BTNXPUART_SERDEV_OPEN, &nxpdev->tx_state);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1269,8 +1271,10 @@ static int btnxpuart_flush(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 
 	cancel_work_sync(&nxpdev->tx_work);
 
-	kfree_skb(nxpdev->rx_skb);
-	nxpdev->rx_skb = NULL;
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(nxpdev->rx_skb)) {
+		kfree_skb(nxpdev->rx_skb);
+		nxpdev->rx_skb = NULL;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }