diff --git a/subsys/bluetooth/host/CMakeLists.txt b/subsys/bluetooth/host/CMakeLists.txt
index e67f7181798..a9810c8af32 100644
--- a/subsys/bluetooth/host/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/subsys/bluetooth/host/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ if(CONFIG_BT_HCI_HOST)
     uuid.c
     addr.c
     buf.c
+    data.c
     hci_core.c
     hci_common.c
     id.c
diff --git a/subsys/bluetooth/host/data.c b/subsys/bluetooth/host/data.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..151dba18129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subsys/bluetooth/host/data.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2021 Nordic Semiconductor ASA
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include <zephyr/kernel.h>
+#include <zephyr/bluetooth/bluetooth.h>
+
+#define LOG_LEVEL CONFIG_BT_HCI_CORE_LOG_LEVEL
+#include <zephyr/logging/log.h>
+LOG_MODULE_REGISTER(bt_data);
+
+void bt_data_parse(struct net_buf_simple *ad,
+		   bool (*func)(struct bt_data *data, void *user_data),
+		   void *user_data)
+{
+	while (ad->len > 1) {
+		struct bt_data data;
+		uint8_t len;
+
+		len = net_buf_simple_pull_u8(ad);
+		if (len == 0U) {
+			/* Early termination */
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (len > ad->len) {
+			LOG_WRN("malformed advertising data %u / %u",
+				len, ad->len);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		data.type = net_buf_simple_pull_u8(ad);
+		data.data_len = len - 1;
+		data.data = ad->data;
+
+		if (!func(&data, user_data)) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		net_buf_simple_pull(ad, len - 1);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/subsys/bluetooth/host/hci_core.c b/subsys/bluetooth/host/hci_core.c
index 45509edb17a..465e454e806 100644
--- a/subsys/bluetooth/host/hci_core.c
+++ b/subsys/bluetooth/host/hci_core.c
@@ -4059,38 +4059,6 @@ int bt_le_set_rpa_timeout(uint16_t new_rpa_timeout)
 }
 #endif
 
-void bt_data_parse(struct net_buf_simple *ad,
-		   bool (*func)(struct bt_data *data, void *user_data),
-		   void *user_data)
-{
-	while (ad->len > 1) {
-		struct bt_data data;
-		uint8_t len;
-
-		len = net_buf_simple_pull_u8(ad);
-		if (len == 0U) {
-			/* Early termination */
-			return;
-		}
-
-		if (len > ad->len) {
-			LOG_WRN("malformed advertising data %u / %u",
-				len, ad->len);
-			return;
-		}
-
-		data.type = net_buf_simple_pull_u8(ad);
-		data.data_len = len - 1;
-		data.data = ad->data;
-
-		if (!func(&data, user_data)) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		net_buf_simple_pull(ad, len - 1);
-	}
-}
-
 int bt_configure_data_path(uint8_t dir, uint8_t id, uint8_t vs_config_len,
 			   const uint8_t *vs_config)
 {