diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
index 32e22044b6b2..12cc53c0b88b 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c
@@ -1167,6 +1167,7 @@ static int btnxpuart_close(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 {
 	struct btnxpuart_dev *nxpdev = hci_get_drvdata(hdev);
 
+	ps_wakeup(nxpdev);
 	serdev_device_close(nxpdev->serdev);
 	clear_bit(BTNXPUART_SERDEV_OPEN, &nxpdev->tx_state);
 	return 0;