diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci/ipc.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci/ipc.c
index aa5e67b0029..727ded30154 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci/ipc.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci/ipc.c
@@ -237,19 +237,7 @@ static void bt_ipc_rx(const uint8_t *data, size_t len)
 
 	if (buf) {
 		LOG_DBG("Calling bt_recv(%p)", buf);
-
-		/* The IPC service does not guarantee that the handler thread
-		 * is cooperative. In particular, the OpenAMP implementation is
-		 * preemtible by default. OTOH, the HCI driver interface requires
-		 * that the bt_recv() function is called from a cooperative
-		 * thread.
-		 *
-		 * Calling `k_sched lock()` has the effect of making the current
-		 * thread cooperative.
-		 */
-		k_sched_lock();
 		bt_recv(buf);
-		k_sched_unlock();
 
 		LOG_HEXDUMP_DBG(buf->data, buf->len, "RX buf payload:");
 	}
diff --git a/include/zephyr/drivers/bluetooth/hci_driver.h b/include/zephyr/drivers/bluetooth/hci_driver.h
index e611c8b089f..8611765c706 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/drivers/bluetooth/hci_driver.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/drivers/bluetooth/hci_driver.h
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ enum {
  * host with data from the controller. The buffer needs to have its type
  * set with the help of bt_buf_set_type() before calling this API.
  *
- * @note This function must only be called from a cooperative thread.
- *
  * @param buf Network buffer containing data from the controller.
  *
  * @return 0 on success or negative error number on failure.
diff --git a/subsys/bluetooth/host/hci_core.c b/subsys/bluetooth/host/hci_core.c
index 35ba75701b4..5b515bd929c 100644
--- a/subsys/bluetooth/host/hci_core.c
+++ b/subsys/bluetooth/host/hci_core.c
@@ -3900,7 +3900,7 @@ static void rx_queue_put(struct net_buf *buf)
 	}
 }
 
-int bt_recv(struct net_buf *buf)
+static int bt_recv_unsafe(struct net_buf *buf)
 {
 	bt_monitor_send(bt_monitor_opcode(buf), buf->data, buf->len);
 
@@ -3939,6 +3939,17 @@ int bt_recv(struct net_buf *buf)
 	}
 }
 
+int bt_recv(struct net_buf *buf)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	k_sched_lock();
+	err = bt_recv_unsafe(buf);
+	k_sched_unlock();
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 int bt_hci_driver_register(const struct bt_hci_driver *drv)
 {
 	if (bt_dev.drv) {