HCI_OP_USER_PASSKEY_NEG_REPLY, 0);
 }
 
-static void adv_expire(struct hci_dev *hdev, u32 flags)
+static int adv_expire_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, u32 flags)
 {
        struct adv_info *adv_instance;
-       struct hci_request req;
-       int err;
 
        adv_instance = hci_find_adv_instance(hdev, hdev->cur_adv_instance);
        if (!adv_instance)
-               return;
+               return 0;
 
        /* stop if current instance doesn't need to be changed */
        if (!(adv_instance->flags & flags))
-               return;
+               return 0;
 
        cancel_adv_timeout(hdev);
 
        adv_instance = hci_get_next_instance(hdev, adv_instance->instance);
        if (!adv_instance)
-               return;
+               return 0;
 
-       hci_req_init(&req, hdev);
-       err = __hci_req_schedule_adv_instance(&req, adv_instance->instance,
-                                             true);
-       if (err)
-               return;
+       hci_schedule_adv_instance_sync(hdev, adv_instance->instance, true);
 
-       hci_req_run(&req, NULL);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int name_changed_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data)
+{
+       return adv_expire_sync(hdev, MGMT_ADV_FLAG_LOCAL_NAME);
 }
 
 static void set_name_complete(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data, int err)
                                  cp, sizeof(*cp));
 
                if (hci_dev_test_flag(hdev, HCI_LE_ADV))
-                       adv_expire(hdev, MGMT_ADV_FLAG_LOCAL_NAME);
+                       hci_cmd_sync_queue(hdev, name_changed_sync, NULL, NULL);
        }
 
        mgmt_pending_remove(cmd);
        return err;
 }
 
+static int appearance_changed_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data)
+{
+       return adv_expire_sync(hdev, MGMT_ADV_FLAG_APPEARANCE);
+}
+
 static int set_appearance(struct sock *sk, struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data,
                          u16 len)
 {
                hdev->appearance = appearance;
 
                if (hci_dev_test_flag(hdev, HCI_LE_ADV))
-                       adv_expire(hdev, MGMT_ADV_FLAG_APPEARANCE);
+                       hci_cmd_sync_queue(hdev, appearance_changed_sync, NULL,
+                                          NULL);
 
                ext_info_changed(hdev, sk);
        }