diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
index 438b92967bc3..30a32ebbcc68 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
@@ -3288,13 +3288,12 @@ static int btintel_diagnostics(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	case INTEL_TLV_TEST_EXCEPTION:
 		/* Generate devcoredump from exception */
 		if (!hci_devcd_init(hdev, skb->len)) {
-			hci_devcd_append(hdev, skb);
+			hci_devcd_append(hdev, skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC));
 			hci_devcd_complete(hdev);
 		} else {
 			bt_dev_err(hdev, "Failed to generate devcoredump");
-			kfree_skb(skb);
 		}
-		return 0;
+	break;
 	default:
 		bt_dev_err(hdev, "Invalid exception type %02X", tlv->val[0]);
 	}