diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index a7028d38c1f5..bc5086423ab8 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -2768,8 +2768,6 @@ void hci_unregister_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 
 	hci_unregister_suspend_notifier(hdev);
 
-	msft_unregister(hdev);
-
 	hci_dev_do_close(hdev);
 
 	if (!test_bit(HCI_INIT, &hdev->flags) &&
@@ -2823,6 +2821,7 @@ void hci_release_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	hci_discovery_filter_clear(hdev);
 	hci_blocked_keys_clear(hdev);
 	hci_codec_list_clear(&hdev->local_codecs);
+	msft_release(hdev);
 	hci_dev_unlock(hdev);
 
 	ida_destroy(&hdev->unset_handle_ida);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/msft.c b/net/bluetooth/msft.c
index 9612c5d1b13f..d039683d3bdd 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/msft.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/msft.c
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ void msft_register(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	mutex_init(&msft->filter_lock);
 }
 
-void msft_unregister(struct hci_dev *hdev)
+void msft_release(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 {
 	struct msft_data *msft = hdev->msft_data;
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/msft.h b/net/bluetooth/msft.h
index 2a63205b377b..fe538e9c91c0 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/msft.h
+++ b/net/bluetooth/msft.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 bool msft_monitor_supported(struct hci_dev *hdev);
 void msft_register(struct hci_dev *hdev);
-void msft_unregister(struct hci_dev *hdev);
+void msft_release(struct hci_dev *hdev);
 void msft_do_open(struct hci_dev *hdev);
 void msft_do_close(struct hci_dev *hdev);
 void msft_vendor_evt(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data, struct sk_buff *skb);
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static inline bool msft_monitor_supported(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 }
 
 static inline void msft_register(struct hci_dev *hdev) {}
-static inline void msft_unregister(struct hci_dev *hdev) {}
+static inline void msft_release(struct hci_dev *hdev) {}
 static inline void msft_do_open(struct hci_dev *hdev) {}
 static inline void msft_do_close(struct hci_dev *hdev) {}
 static inline void msft_vendor_evt(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data,