diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h b/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
index 10d43d8c7037..afbc711ba37a 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ int  bt_sock_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 uint bt_sock_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock, poll_table *wait);
 int  bt_sock_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 int  bt_sock_wait_state(struct sock *sk, int state, unsigned long timeo);
+int  bt_sock_wait_ready(struct sock *sk, unsigned long flags);
 
 void bt_accept_enqueue(struct sock *parent, struct sock *sk);
 void bt_accept_unlink(struct sock *sk);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
index 9096137c889c..c600631cd19e 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
@@ -525,6 +525,46 @@ int bt_sock_wait_state(struct sock *sk, int state, unsigned long timeo)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bt_sock_wait_state);
 
+/* This function expects the sk lock to be held when called */
+int bt_sock_wait_ready(struct sock *sk, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
+	unsigned long timeo;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	BT_DBG("sk %p", sk);
+
+	timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, flags & O_NONBLOCK);
+
+	add_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
+	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+	while (test_bit(BT_SK_SUSPEND, &bt_sk(sk)->flags)) {
+		if (!timeo) {
+			err = -EAGAIN;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (signal_pending(current)) {
+			err = sock_intr_errno(timeo);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		release_sock(sk);
+		timeo = schedule_timeout(timeo);
+		lock_sock(sk);
+		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+
+		err = sock_error(sk);
+		if (err)
+			break;
+	}
+	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+	remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
+
+	return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bt_sock_wait_ready);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 struct bt_seq_state {
 	struct bt_sock_list *l;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
index 0098af80b213..ad95b426b09c 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
@@ -777,6 +777,12 @@ static int l2cap_sock_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (sk->sk_state != BT_CONNECTED)
 		return -ENOTCONN;
 
+	lock_sock(sk);
+	err = bt_sock_wait_ready(sk, msg->msg_flags);
+	release_sock(sk);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	l2cap_chan_lock(chan);
 	err = l2cap_chan_send(chan, msg, len, sk->sk_priority);
 	l2cap_chan_unlock(chan);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
index 30b3721dc6d7..072938dc527d 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static int rfcomm_sock_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct rfcomm_dlc *d = rfcomm_pi(sk)->dlc;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	int sent = 0;
+	int sent;
 
 	if (test_bit(RFCOMM_DEFER_SETUP, &d->flags))
 		return -ENOTCONN;
@@ -559,6 +559,10 @@ static int rfcomm_sock_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
 
+	sent = bt_sock_wait_ready(sk, msg->msg_flags);
+	if (sent)
+		goto done;
+
 	while (len) {
 		size_t size = min_t(size_t, len, d->mtu);
 		int err;
@@ -594,6 +598,7 @@ static int rfcomm_sock_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		len  -= size;
 	}
 
+done:
 	release_sock(sk);
 
 	return sent;