diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
index ddcd30aa17e0..08ceae5f68c6 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
@@ -2850,6 +2850,9 @@ static int btintel_setup_combined(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 		btintel_set_dsm_reset_method(hdev, &ver_tlv);
 
 		err = btintel_bootloader_setup_tlv(hdev, &ver_tlv);
+		if (err)
+			goto exit_error;
+
 		btintel_register_devcoredump_support(hdev);
 		break;
 	default: