diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
index b7e66b7ac570..951fe3014a3f 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
@@ -1276,11 +1276,10 @@ static int btnxpuart_receive_buf(struct serdev_device *serdev, const u8 *data,
 	if (IS_ERR(nxpdev->rx_skb)) {
 		int err = PTR_ERR(nxpdev->rx_skb);
 		/* Safe to ignore out-of-sync bootloader signatures */
-		if (is_fw_downloading(nxpdev))
-			return count;
-		bt_dev_err(nxpdev->hdev, "Frame reassembly failed (%d)", err);
+		if (!is_fw_downloading(nxpdev))
+			bt_dev_err(nxpdev->hdev, "Frame reassembly failed (%d)", err);
 		nxpdev->rx_skb = NULL;
-		return err;
+		return count;
 	}
 	if (!is_fw_downloading(nxpdev))
 		nxpdev->hdev->stat.byte_rx += count;