diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
index f0fb84352fcd..114cd081b411 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static int hci_uart_setup(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	if (IS_ERR(skb)) {
 		BT_ERR("%s: Reading local version information failed (%ld)",
 		       hdev->name, PTR_ERR(skb));
-		return 0;
+		return PTR_ERR(skb);
 	}
 
 	if (skb->len != sizeof(*ver)) {
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c
index 649d112eea78..a342f0c53227 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_serdev.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static int hci_uart_setup(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	if (IS_ERR(skb)) {
 		bt_dev_err(hdev, "Reading local version info failed (%ld)",
 			   PTR_ERR(skb));
-		return 0;
+		return PTR_ERR(skb);
 	}
 
 	if (skb->len != sizeof(*ver))