diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index f64d6566021f..638bf0e1a2e3 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
@@ -1680,7 +1680,8 @@ static int hci_sock_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_OOB)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (msg->msg_flags & ~(MSG_DONTWAIT|MSG_NOSIGNAL|MSG_ERRQUEUE))
+	if (msg->msg_flags & ~(MSG_DONTWAIT|MSG_NOSIGNAL|MSG_ERRQUEUE|
+			       MSG_CMSG_COMPAT))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (len < 4 || len > HCI_MAX_FRAME_SIZE)