diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
index e7a612504ab1..2ebc970e6573 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
@@ -3085,6 +3085,9 @@ 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);
 		btintel_print_fseq_info(hdev);
 		break;