diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c
index 0c9c9ee56592dc851ab12f98be5a6be2465b812e..9a0bc86f9aace53282742b381f08bf3ac93e230b 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c
@@ -2450,15 +2450,27 @@ static void qca_serdev_shutdown(struct device *dev)
 	struct qca_serdev *qcadev = serdev_device_get_drvdata(serdev);
 	struct hci_uart *hu = &qcadev->serdev_hu;
 	struct hci_dev *hdev = hu->hdev;
-	struct qca_data *qca = hu->priv;
 	const u8 ibs_wake_cmd[] = { 0xFD };
 	const u8 edl_reset_soc_cmd[] = { 0x01, 0x00, 0xFC, 0x01, 0x05 };
 
 	if (qcadev->btsoc_type == QCA_QCA6390) {
-		if (test_bit(QCA_BT_OFF, &qca->flags) ||
-		    !test_bit(HCI_RUNNING, &hdev->flags))
+		/* The purpose of sending the VSC is to reset SOC into a initial
+		 * state and the state will ensure next hdev->setup() success.
+		 * if HCI_QUIRK_NON_PERSISTENT_SETUP is set, it means that
+		 * hdev->setup() can do its job regardless of SoC state, so
+		 * don't need to send the VSC.
+		 * if HCI_SETUP is set, it means that hdev->setup() was never
+		 * invoked and the SOC is already in the initial state, so
+		 * don't also need to send the VSC.
+		 */
+		if (test_bit(HCI_QUIRK_NON_PERSISTENT_SETUP, &hdev->quirks) ||
+		    hci_dev_test_flag(hdev, HCI_SETUP))
 			return;
 
+		/* The serdev must be in open state when conrol logic arrives
+		 * here, so also fix the use-after-free issue caused by that
+		 * the serdev is flushed or wrote after it is closed.
+		 */
 		serdev_device_write_flush(serdev);
 		ret = serdev_device_write_buf(serdev, ibs_wake_cmd,
 					      sizeof(ibs_wake_cmd));