diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/hci.h b/include/net/bluetooth/hci.h
index aaeaf0938ec0af1181c4660c8fa0468937e1bc74..15f10841e2b5ddedb94dadfe166e2fe19b09cfee 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/hci.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/hci.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ enum {
 enum {
 	HCI_SETUP,
 	HCI_AUTO_OFF,
+	HCI_RFKILLED,
 	HCI_MGMT,
 	HCI_PAIRABLE,
 	HCI_SERVICE_CACHE,
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index 634debab4d54582f04c69a4664b00c7541696a93..0d5bc246b607e517740bc0064bd8f75ef7bbcd3a 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ int hci_dev_open(__u16 dev)
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	if (hdev->rfkill && rfkill_blocked(hdev->rfkill)) {
+	if (test_bit(HCI_RFKILLED, &hdev->dev_flags)) {
 		ret = -ERFKILL;
 		goto done;
 	}
@@ -1566,10 +1566,12 @@ static int hci_rfkill_set_block(void *data, bool blocked)
 
 	BT_DBG("%p name %s blocked %d", hdev, hdev->name, blocked);
 
-	if (!blocked)
-		return 0;
-
-	hci_dev_do_close(hdev);
+	if (blocked) {
+		set_bit(HCI_RFKILLED, &hdev->dev_flags);
+		hci_dev_do_close(hdev);
+	} else {
+		clear_bit(HCI_RFKILLED, &hdev->dev_flags);
+}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2209,6 +2211,9 @@ int hci_register_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (hdev->rfkill && rfkill_blocked(hdev->rfkill))
+		set_bit(HCI_RFKILLED, &hdev->dev_flags);
+
 	set_bit(HCI_SETUP, &hdev->dev_flags);
 
 	if (hdev->dev_type != HCI_AMP)