diff --git a/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/hci/ng_hci_evnt.c b/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/hci/ng_hci_evnt.c
index 9e299d12fd1e..64ab4f0b36b9 100644
--- a/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/hci/ng_hci_evnt.c
+++ b/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/hci/ng_hci_evnt.c
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ static int le_connection_complete(ng_hci_unit_p unit, struct mbuf *event)
 		if (error != 0) {
 			ng_hci_con_untimeout(con);
 			ng_hci_free_con(con);
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 	} else if ((error = ng_hci_con_untimeout(con)) != 0)