diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c b/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
index f1a117f8cad2..0bec4588c3c8 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c
@@ -401,6 +401,20 @@ static void hidp_idle_timeout(unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct hidp_session *session = (struct hidp_session *) arg;
 
+	/* The HIDP user-space API only contains calls to add and remove
+	 * devices. There is no way to forward events of any kind. Therefore,
+	 * we have to forcefully disconnect a device on idle-timeouts. This is
+	 * unfortunate and weird API design, but it is spec-compliant and
+	 * required for backwards-compatibility. Hence, on idle-timeout, we
+	 * signal driver-detach events, so poll() will be woken up with an
+	 * error-condition on both sockets.
+	 */
+
+	session->intr_sock->sk->sk_err = EUNATCH;
+	session->ctrl_sock->sk->sk_err = EUNATCH;
+	wake_up_interruptible(sk_sleep(session->intr_sock->sk));
+	wake_up_interruptible(sk_sleep(session->ctrl_sock->sk));
+
 	hidp_session_terminate(session);
 }