diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/hci.h b/include/net/bluetooth/hci.h
index 63065bc01b76..84db6b275231 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/hci.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/hci.h
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ enum {
 #define HCI_ERROR_INVALID_LL_PARAMS	0x1e
 #define HCI_ERROR_UNSPECIFIED		0x1f
 #define HCI_ERROR_ADVERTISING_TIMEOUT	0x3c
+#define HCI_ERROR_CANCELLED_BY_HOST	0x44
 
 /* Flow control modes */
 #define HCI_FLOW_CTL_MODE_PACKET_BASED	0x00
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
index 9e27ff343716..8eae38129a6e 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
@@ -5533,6 +5533,18 @@ static void hci_le_ext_adv_term_evt(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	adv = hci_find_adv_instance(hdev, ev->handle);
 
+	/* The Bluetooth Core 5.3 specification clearly states that this event
+	 * shall not be sent when the Host disables the advertising set. So in
+	 * case of HCI_ERROR_CANCELLED_BY_HOST, just ignore the event.
+	 *
+	 * When the Host disables an advertising set, all cleanup is done via
+	 * its command callback and not needed to be duplicated here.
+	 */
+	if (ev->status == HCI_ERROR_CANCELLED_BY_HOST) {
+		bt_dev_warn_ratelimited(hdev, "Unexpected advertising set terminated event");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (ev->status) {
 		if (!adv)
 			return;