diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
index 74b8e24..96887ae 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
 	 * happen with broken hardware or if low duty cycle was used
 	 * (which doesn't have a timeout of its own).
 	 */
-	if (test_bit(HCI_ADVERTISING, &hdev->dev_flags)) {
+	if (conn->role == HCI_ROLE_SLAVE) {
 		u8 enable = 0x00;
 		hci_send_cmd(hdev, HCI_OP_LE_SET_ADV_ENABLE, sizeof(enable),
 			     &enable);