diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h b/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
index 9125effbf448..3fecc4a411a1 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
@@ -180,19 +180,21 @@ void bt_err_ratelimited(const char *fmt, ...);
 #define BT_DBG(fmt, ...)	pr_debug(fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #endif
 
+#define bt_dev_name(hdev) ((hdev) ? (hdev)->name : "null")
+
 #define bt_dev_info(hdev, fmt, ...)				\
-	BT_INFO("%s: " fmt, (hdev)->name, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	BT_INFO("%s: " fmt, bt_dev_name(hdev), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define bt_dev_warn(hdev, fmt, ...)				\
-	BT_WARN("%s: " fmt, (hdev)->name, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	BT_WARN("%s: " fmt, bt_dev_name(hdev), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define bt_dev_err(hdev, fmt, ...)				\
-	BT_ERR("%s: " fmt, (hdev)->name, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	BT_ERR("%s: " fmt, bt_dev_name(hdev), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define bt_dev_dbg(hdev, fmt, ...)				\
-	BT_DBG("%s: " fmt, (hdev)->name, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	BT_DBG("%s: " fmt, bt_dev_name(hdev), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define bt_dev_warn_ratelimited(hdev, fmt, ...)			\
-	bt_warn_ratelimited("%s: " fmt, (hdev)->name, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	bt_warn_ratelimited("%s: " fmt, bt_dev_name(hdev), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define bt_dev_err_ratelimited(hdev, fmt, ...)			\
-	bt_err_ratelimited("%s: " fmt, (hdev)->name, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	bt_err_ratelimited("%s: " fmt, bt_dev_name(hdev), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 /* Connection and socket states */
 enum {