diff --git a/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/include/ng_l2cap.h b/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/include/ng_l2cap.h
index 094aad38b56d..f57b5cbe3d20 100644
--- a/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/include/ng_l2cap.h
+++ b/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/include/ng_l2cap.h
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #define NG_L2CAP_CON_OUTGOING		(1 << 2) /* outgoing connection */
 #define NG_L2CAP_CON_LP_TIMO		(1 << 3) /* LP timeout */
 #define NG_L2CAP_CON_AUTO_DISCON_TIMO	(1 << 4) /* auto discon. timeout */
+#define NG_L2CAP_CON_DYING		(1 << 5) /* connection is dying */
 
 typedef struct {
 	u_int8_t	state;      /* connection state */
diff --git a/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/l2cap/ng_l2cap_cmds.c b/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/l2cap/ng_l2cap_cmds.c
index 06c19f613a8f..2e0efe392ef8 100644
--- a/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/l2cap/ng_l2cap_cmds.c
+++ b/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/l2cap/ng_l2cap_cmds.c
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ ng_l2cap_con_fail(ng_l2cap_con_p con, u_int16_t result)
 "%s: %s - ACL connection failed, result=%d\n",
 		__func__, NG_NODE_NAME(l2cap->node), result);
 
+	/* Connection is dying */
+	con->flags |= NG_L2CAP_CON_DYING;
+
 	/* Clean command queue */
 	while (!TAILQ_EMPTY(&con->cmd_list)) {
 		cmd = TAILQ_FIRST(&con->cmd_list);
diff --git a/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/l2cap/ng_l2cap_misc.c b/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/l2cap/ng_l2cap_misc.c
index 10eb89eea5d1..635298a4e3d3 100644
--- a/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/l2cap/ng_l2cap_misc.c
+++ b/sys/netgraph/bluetooth/l2cap/ng_l2cap_misc.c
@@ -182,12 +182,14 @@ ng_l2cap_con_unref(ng_l2cap_con_p con)
 	 * 2) connection is in OPEN state
 	 * 3) it is an outgoing connection
 	 * 4) disconnect timeout > 0
+	 * 5) connection is not dying
 	 */
 
 	if ((con->refcnt == 0) &&
 	    (con->state == NG_L2CAP_CON_OPEN) &&
 	    (con->flags & NG_L2CAP_CON_OUTGOING) && 
-	    (con->l2cap->discon_timo > 0))
+	    (con->l2cap->discon_timo > 0) &&
+	    ((con->flags & NG_L2CAP_CON_DYING) == 0))
 		ng_l2cap_discon_timeout(con);
 } /* ng_l2cap_con_unref */
 
@@ -273,11 +275,14 @@ ng_l2cap_free_con(ng_l2cap_con_p con)
 		ng_l2cap_free_cmd(cmd);
 	}
 
+	if (con->flags & (NG_L2CAP_CON_AUTO_DISCON_TIMO|NG_L2CAP_CON_LP_TIMO))
+		panic(
+"%s: %s - timeout pending! state=%d, flags=%#x\n",
+			__func__,  NG_NODE_NAME(con->l2cap->node),
+			con->state, con->flags);
+
 	LIST_REMOVE(con, next);
-	if (con->flags & NG_L2CAP_CON_AUTO_DISCON_TIMO)
-		ng_l2cap_discon_untimeout(con);
-	if (con->flags & NG_L2CAP_CON_LP_TIMO)
-		ng_l2cap_lp_untimeout(con);
+
 	bzero(con, sizeof(*con));
 	FREE(con, M_NETGRAPH_L2CAP);
 } /* ng_l2cap_free_con */