diff --git a/subsys/bluetooth/controller/hci/hci.c b/subsys/bluetooth/controller/hci/hci.c
index 26c34fd..e9a4ea6 100644
--- a/subsys/bluetooth/controller/hci/hci.c
+++ b/subsys/bluetooth/controller/hci/hci.c
@@ -3353,6 +3353,11 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BT_CTLR_SYNC_PERIODIC_ADV_LIST) &&
+	    (cmd->options & BT_HCI_LE_PER_ADV_CREATE_SYNC_FP_USE_LIST)) {
+		*evt = cmd_status(BT_HCI_ERR_UNSUPP_FEATURE_PARAM_VAL);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	skip = sys_le16_to_cpu(cmd->skip);
 	sync_timeout = sys_le16_to_cpu(cmd->sync_timeout);
diff --git a/subsys/bluetooth/controller/ll_sw/ull_sync.c b/subsys/bluetooth/controller/ll_sw/ull_sync.c
index b9a2754..e5e0f17 100644
--- a/subsys/bluetooth/controller/ll_sw/ull_sync.c
+++ b/subsys/bluetooth/controller/ll_sw/ull_sync.c
@@ -106,11 +106,6 @@
 
 	/* FIXME: Check for already synchronized to same peer */
 
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BT_CTLR_SYNC_PERIODIC_ADV_LIST) &&
-	    (options & BT_HCI_LE_PER_ADV_CREATE_SYNC_FP_USE_LIST)) {
-		return BT_HCI_ERR_UNSUPP_FEATURE_PARAM_VAL;
-	}
-
 	link_sync_estab = ll_rx_link_alloc();
 	if (!link_sync_estab) {
 		return BT_HCI_ERR_MEM_CAPACITY_EXCEEDED;