From: Yang Li <yang.li@xxxxxxxxxxx> list_empty(&hdev->adv_instances) is always true during startup, so an advertising instance is added by default. Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x94/0xec show_stack+0x18/0x24 dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x60 dump_stack+0x18/0x24 hci_setup_ext_adv_instance_sync+0x17c/0x328 hci_powered_update_adv_sync+0xb4/0x12c hci_powered_update_sync+0x54/0x70 hci_power_on_sync+0xe4/0x278 hci_set_powered_sync+0x28/0x34 set_powered_sync+0x40/0x58 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x94/0x100 process_one_work+0x168/0x444 worker_thread+0x378/0x3f4 kthread+0x108/0x10c ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Fixes: https://github.com/bluez/bluez/issues/1442 Signed-off-by: Yang Li <yang.li@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c index 2b4f21fbf9c1..7397b6b50ccb 100644 --- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c +++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c @@ -3344,7 +3344,7 @@ static int hci_powered_update_adv_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev) * advertising data. This also applies to the case * where BR/EDR was toggled during the AUTO_OFF phase. */ - if (hci_dev_test_flag(hdev, HCI_ADVERTISING) || + if (hci_dev_test_flag(hdev, HCI_ADVERTISING) && list_empty(&hdev->adv_instances)) { if (ext_adv_capable(hdev)) { err = hci_setup_ext_adv_instance_sync(hdev, 0x00); --- base-commit: d1b3de23042b0aac0145fdf071d6ac81ec3727b4 change-id: 20250728-default_adv-c5547ad3bcd2 Best regards, -- Yang Li <yang.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>