diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel_pcie.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel_pcie.c
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel_pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel_pcie.c
@@ -3069,10 +3069,12 @@ static int btintel_pcie_set_dxstate(struct btintel_pcie_data *data, u32 dxstate)
 					  BTINTEL_PCIE_CSR_MSIX_HW_INT_CAUSES,
 					  BTINTEL_PCIE_MSIX_HW_INT_CAUSES_GP0);
 
-		/* A hardware bug may cause the alive interrupt to be missed.
-		 * Check if the controller reached the expected state and retry
-		 * the operation only if it hasn't.
+		/* A hardware bug may cause the alive interrupt to be missed. Refresh
+		 * boot_stage_cache from hardware, since only the interrupt handler
+		 * updates it. Finally retry only if the state check still fails.
 		 */
+		data->boot_stage_cache = btintel_pcie_rd_reg32(data,
+							       BTINTEL_PCIE_CSR_BOOT_STAGE_REG);
 		if (dxstate == BTINTEL_PCIE_STATE_D0) {
 			if (btintel_pcie_in_d0(data))
 				return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel_pcie.h b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel_pcie.h
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel_pcie.h
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel_pcie.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #define BTINTEL_PCIE_CSR_BOOT_STAGE_DEVICE_HALTED	(BIT(14))
 #define BTINTEL_PCIE_CSR_BOOT_STAGE_MAC_ACCESS_ON	(BIT(16))
 #define BTINTEL_PCIE_CSR_BOOT_STAGE_ALIVE		(BIT(23))
+/* Reflects live D-state. Updated by hardware on every D-state transition. */
 #define BTINTEL_PCIE_CSR_BOOT_STAGE_D3_STATE_READY	(BIT(24))
 
 /* Registers for MSI-X */