diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci/h5.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci/h5.c
index bab17b87c28..082a00344e4 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci/h5.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci/h5.c
@@ -397,6 +397,12 @@ static void h5_process_complete_packet(u8_t *hdr)
 		net_buf_put(&h5.rx_queue, buf);
 		break;
 	case HCI_EVENT_PKT:
+		if (buf->len > sizeof(struct bt_hci_evt_hdr) &&
+			bt_hci_evt_is_prio(((struct bt_hci_evt_hdr *)buf->data)->evt)) {
+			hexdump("=> ", buf->data, buf->len);
+			bt_recv_prio(buf);
+			break;
+		}
 	case HCI_ACLDATA_PKT:
 		hexdump("=> ", buf->data, buf->len);
 		bt_recv(buf);