diff --git a/android/handsfree.c b/android/handsfree.c
index cb5e657..7ca0ba8 100644
--- a/android/handsfree.c
+++ b/android/handsfree.c
@@ -861,30 +861,6 @@ done:
 	hfp_gw_send_info(device.gw, "+BCS: %u", type);
 }
 
-static void send_sco_fd(GIOChannel *chan)
-{
-	if (sco_ipc) {
-		int fd = g_io_channel_unix_get_fd(chan);
-		GError *err = NULL;
-		uint16_t mtu = 48;
-		struct sco_rsp_connect rsp;
-
-		if (!bt_io_get(chan, &err, BT_IO_OPT_MTU, &mtu,
-							BT_IO_OPT_INVALID)) {
-			error("Unable to get MTU: %s\n", err->message);
-			g_clear_error(&err);
-		}
-
-		DBG("fd %d mtu %u", fd, mtu);
-
-		rsp.mtu = mtu;
-
-		ipc_send_rsp_full(sco_ipc, SCO_SERVICE_ID,
-					SCO_OP_CONNECT, sizeof(rsp), &rsp,
-					fd);
-	}
-}
-
 static void connect_sco_cb(GIOChannel *chan, GError *err, gpointer user_data)
 {
 	if (err) {
@@ -914,7 +890,6 @@ static void connect_sco_cb(GIOChannel *chan, GError *err, gpointer user_data)
 							sco_watch_cb, NULL);
 
 	device_set_audio_state(HAL_EV_HANDSFREE_AUDIO_STATE_CONNECTED);
-	send_sco_fd(chan);
 }
 
 static bool connect_sco(void)
@@ -2592,14 +2567,34 @@ static void disable_sco_server(void)
 
 static void bt_sco_connect(const void *buf, uint16_t len)
 {
+	int fd;
+	GError *err;
+	struct sco_rsp_connect rsp;
+
 	DBG("");
 
-	if (device.sco) {
-		send_sco_fd(device.sco);
-		return;
+	if (!device.sco)
+		goto failed;
+
+	err = NULL;
+	if (!bt_io_get(device.sco, &err, BT_IO_OPT_MTU, &rsp.mtu,
+							BT_IO_OPT_INVALID)) {
+		error("Unable to get MTU: %s\n", err->message);
+		g_clear_error(&err);
+		goto failed;
 	}
 
-	connect_audio();
+	fd = g_io_channel_unix_get_fd(device.sco);
+
+	DBG("fd %d mtu %u", fd, rsp.mtu);
+
+	ipc_send_rsp_full(sco_ipc, SCO_SERVICE_ID, SCO_OP_CONNECT,
+							sizeof(rsp), &rsp, fd);
+
+	return;
+
+failed:
+	ipc_send_rsp(sco_ipc, SCO_SERVICE_ID, SCO_OP_STATUS, SCO_STATUS_FAILED);
 }
 
 static const struct ipc_handler sco_handlers[] = {