diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_h5.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_h5.c
index c5a0409ef84f..6455bc4fb5bb 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_h5.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_h5.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static void h5_pkt_cull(struct h5 *h5)
 			break;
 
 		__skb_unlink(skb, &h5->unack);
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+		dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
 	}
 
 	if (skb_queue_empty(&h5->unack))