diff --git a/src/device.c b/src/device.c
index 2102f23..8184508 100644
--- a/src/device.c
+++ b/src/device.c
@@ -4717,7 +4717,8 @@ bool device_attach_att(struct btd_device *dev, GIOChannel *io)
 	dst = device_get_address(dev);
 	ba2str(dst, dstaddr);
 
-	load_gatt_db(dev, srcaddr, dstaddr);
+	if (gatt_db_isempty(dev->db))
+		load_gatt_db(dev, srcaddr, dstaddr);
 
 	gatt_client_init(dev);
 	gatt_server_init(dev, btd_gatt_database_get_db(database));