diff --git a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
index fb2e764c..d998ec3 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
@@ -985,9 +985,10 @@
 	/* Instance 0 always manages the "Tx Power" and "Flags" fields */
 	flags = MGMT_ADV_FLAG_TX_POWER | MGMT_ADV_FLAG_MANAGED_FLAGS;
 
-	/* For instance 0, assemble the flags from global settings */
-	if (hci_dev_test_flag(hdev, HCI_ADVERTISING_CONNECTABLE) ||
-	    get_connectable(hdev))
+	/* For instance 0, the HCI_ADVERTISING_CONNECTABLE setting corresponds
+	 * to the "connectable" instance flag.
+	 */
+	if (hci_dev_test_flag(hdev, HCI_ADVERTISING_CONNECTABLE))
 		flags |= MGMT_ADV_FLAG_CONNECTABLE;
 
 	return flags;
@@ -1242,7 +1243,12 @@
 
 	instance = get_current_adv_instance(hdev);
 	flags = get_adv_instance_flags(hdev, instance);
-	connectable = (flags & MGMT_ADV_FLAG_CONNECTABLE);
+
+	/* If the "connectable" instance flag was not set, then choose between
+	 * ADV_IND and ADV_NONCONN_IND based on the global connectable setting.
+	 */
+	connectable = (flags & MGMT_ADV_FLAG_CONNECTABLE) ||
+		      get_connectable(hdev);
 
 	/* Set require_privacy to true only when non-connectable
 	 * advertising is used. In that case it is fine to use a