diff --git a/components/bt/host/bluedroid/stack/btm/btm_sec.c b/components/bt/host/bluedroid/stack/btm/btm_sec.c
index d77ccde225f..8ac25d0971b 100644
--- a/components/bt/host/bluedroid/stack/btm/btm_sec.c
+++ b/components/bt/host/bluedroid/stack/btm/btm_sec.c
@@ -4278,7 +4278,6 @@ static void btm_sec_connect_after_reject_timeout (TIMER_LIST_ENT *p_tle)
 #if (SMP_INCLUDED == TRUE)
 void btm_sec_connected (UINT8 *bda, UINT16 handle, UINT8 status, UINT8 enc_mode)
 {
-    tBTM_SEC_DEV_REC *p_dev_rec = btm_find_dev (bda);
     UINT8            res;
     UINT8            sec_dev_rec_status;
     BOOLEAN          is_pairing_device = FALSE;
@@ -4287,6 +4286,8 @@ void btm_sec_connected (UINT8 *bda, UINT16 handle, UINT8 status, UINT8 enc_mode)
 
     btm_acl_resubmit_page();
 
+    tBTM_SEC_DEV_REC *p_dev_rec = btm_find_dev (bda);
+
     /* Commenting out trace due to obf/compilation problems.
     */
 #if (BT_USE_TRACES == TRUE && SMP_INCLUDED == TRUE)
@@ -4609,7 +4610,6 @@ tBTM_STATUS btm_sec_disconnect (UINT16 handle, UINT8 reason)
 *******************************************************************************/
 BOOLEAN btm_sec_disconnected (UINT16 handle, UINT8 reason)
 {
-    tBTM_SEC_DEV_REC  *p_dev_rec = btm_find_dev_by_handle (handle);
     UINT8             old_pairing_flags = btm_cb.pairing_flags;
     int               result = HCI_ERR_AUTH_FAILURE;
     tBTM_SEC_CALLBACK   *p_callback = NULL;
@@ -4622,6 +4622,8 @@ BOOLEAN btm_sec_disconnected (UINT16 handle, UINT8 reason)
     btm_acl_resubmit_page();
 #endif
 
+    tBTM_SEC_DEV_REC  *p_dev_rec = btm_find_dev_by_handle (handle);
+
     if (!p_dev_rec) {
         return FALSE;
     }