diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
index 09eb4e3e8ab28eda9eea8c097aa42f7945653584..344a29c53227257ab23aa722ed4e1a34c19dea03 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ int l2cap_add_scid(struct l2cap_chan *chan,  __u16 scid)
 {
 	write_lock(&chan_list_lock);
 
+	/* Override the defaults (which are for conn-oriented) */
+	chan->omtu = L2CAP_DEFAULT_MTU;
+	chan->chan_type = L2CAP_CHAN_FIXED;
+
 	chan->scid = scid;
 
 	write_unlock(&chan_list_lock);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
index 5a42f6a818c04c95112cace598bc9170a3808ddf..ed06f88e6f10955cae33d31a3e348b25d2c647f9 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
@@ -99,15 +99,6 @@ static int l2cap_sock_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr, int alen)
 	if (!bdaddr_type_is_valid(la.l2_bdaddr_type))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (la.l2_cid) {
-		/* When the socket gets created it defaults to
-		 * CHAN_CONN_ORIENTED, so we need to overwrite the
-		 * default here.
-		 */
-		chan->chan_type = L2CAP_CHAN_FIXED;
-		chan->omtu = L2CAP_DEFAULT_MTU;
-	}
-
 	if (bdaddr_type_is_le(la.l2_bdaddr_type)) {
 		/* We only allow ATT user space socket */
 		if (la.l2_cid &&