diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
index 75623302d00e..0635df202dfa 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
@@ -405,13 +405,13 @@ int btintel_read_version(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct intel_version *ver)
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	skb = __hci_cmd_sync(hdev, 0xfc05, 0, NULL, HCI_CMD_TIMEOUT);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(skb)) {
+	if (IS_ERR(skb)) {
 		bt_dev_err(hdev, "Reading Intel version information failed (%ld)",
 			   PTR_ERR(skb));
 		return PTR_ERR(skb);
 	}
 
-	if (skb->len != sizeof(*ver)) {
+	if (!skb || skb->len != sizeof(*ver)) {
 		bt_dev_err(hdev, "Intel version event size mismatch");
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -EILSEQ;