diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
index 55b6e3dcd4ecf4..0b93c2ff29e49a 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
@@ -1252,6 +1252,9 @@ static int btnxpuart_close(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 
 	ps_wakeup(nxpdev);
 	serdev_device_close(nxpdev->serdev);
+	skb_queue_purge(&nxpdev->txq);
+	kfree_skb(nxpdev->rx_skb);
+	nxpdev->rx_skb = NULL;
 	clear_bit(BTNXPUART_SERDEV_OPEN, &nxpdev->tx_state);
 	return 0;
 }