diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index db26cbd..bc97fc6 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -3695,7 +3695,7 @@
 	/* Stand-alone HCI commands must be flagged as
 	 * single-command requests.
 	 */
-	bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_start = true;
+	bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_flags |= HCI_REQ_START;
 
 	skb_queue_tail(&hdev->cmd_q, skb);
 	queue_work(hdev->workqueue, &hdev->cmd_work);
@@ -4392,7 +4392,7 @@
 	if (!skb)
 		return true;
 
-	return bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_start;
+	return (bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_flags & HCI_REQ_START);
 }
 
 static void hci_resend_last(struct hci_dev *hdev)
@@ -4452,20 +4452,20 @@
 	 * callback would be found in hdev->sent_cmd instead of the
 	 * command queue (hdev->cmd_q).
 	 */
-	if (bt_cb(hdev->sent_cmd)->hci.req_complete) {
-		*req_complete = bt_cb(hdev->sent_cmd)->hci.req_complete;
+	if (bt_cb(hdev->sent_cmd)->hci.req_flags & HCI_REQ_SKB) {
+		*req_complete_skb = bt_cb(hdev->sent_cmd)->hci.req_complete_skb;
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (bt_cb(hdev->sent_cmd)->hci.req_complete_skb) {
-		*req_complete_skb = bt_cb(hdev->sent_cmd)->hci.req_complete_skb;
+	if (bt_cb(hdev->sent_cmd)->hci.req_complete) {
+		*req_complete = bt_cb(hdev->sent_cmd)->hci.req_complete;
 		return;
 	}
 
 	/* Remove all pending commands belonging to this request */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&hdev->cmd_q.lock, flags);
 	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&hdev->cmd_q))) {
-		if (bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_start) {
+		if (bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_flags & HCI_REQ_START) {
 			__skb_queue_head(&hdev->cmd_q, skb);
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c
index bdb1709..5ba27c3 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c
@@ -56,8 +56,12 @@
 		return -ENODATA;
 
 	skb = skb_peek_tail(&req->cmd_q);
-	bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_complete = complete;
-	bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_complete_skb = complete_skb;
+	if (complete) {
+		bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_complete = complete;
+	} else if (complete_skb) {
+		bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_complete_skb = complete_skb;
+		bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_flags |= HCI_REQ_SKB;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&hdev->cmd_q.lock, flags);
 	skb_queue_splice_tail(&req->cmd_q, &hdev->cmd_q);
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (skb_queue_empty(&req->cmd_q))
-		bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_start = true;
+		bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_flags |= HCI_REQ_START;
 
 	bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_event = event;
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index 235ad0f..19b2301 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@
 			/* Stand-alone HCI commands must be flagged as
 			 * single-command requests.
 			 */
-			bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_start = true;
+			bt_cb(skb)->hci.req_flags |= HCI_REQ_START;
 
 			skb_queue_tail(&hdev->cmd_q, skb);
 			queue_work(hdev->workqueue, &hdev->cmd_work);