diff --git a/profiles/audio/avdtp.c b/profiles/audio/avdtp.c
index 4c39088..16fa20b 100644
--- a/profiles/audio/avdtp.c
+++ b/profiles/audio/avdtp.c
@@ -2612,6 +2612,11 @@ static int send_req(struct avdtp *session, gboolean priority,
 	if (session->state == AVDTP_SESSION_STATE_DISCONNECTED) {
 		session->io = l2cap_connect(session);
 		if (!session->io) {
+			/* Report disconnection anyways, as the other layers
+			 * are using this state for cleanup.
+			 */
+			avdtp_set_state(session,
+					AVDTP_SESSION_STATE_DISCONNECTED);
 			err = -EIO;
 			goto failed;
 		}