diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.h b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.h
index 2c441bda390a..ebf0101c959b 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.h
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.h
@@ -47,6 +47,27 @@ struct rtl_vendor_config {
 	struct rtl_vendor_config_entry entry[];
 } __packed;
 
+enum {
+	REALTEK_ALT6_CONTINUOUS_TX_CHIP,
+
+	__REALTEK_NUM_FLAGS,
+};
+
+struct btrealtek_data {
+	DECLARE_BITMAP(flags, __REALTEK_NUM_FLAGS);
+};
+
+#define btrealtek_set_flag(hdev, nr)					\
+	do {								\
+		struct btrealtek_data *realtek = hci_get_priv((hdev));	\
+		set_bit((nr), realtek->flags);				\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define btrealtek_get_flag(hdev)					\
+	(((struct btrealtek_data *)hci_get_priv(hdev))->flags)
+
+#define btrealtek_test_flag(hdev, nr)	test_bit((nr), btrealtek_get_flag(hdev))
+
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BT_RTL)
 
 struct btrtl_device_info *btrtl_initialize(struct hci_dev *hdev,
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
index 80f38991ad6f..39a30c36586a 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
@@ -3808,6 +3808,9 @@ static int btusb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 		/* Override the rx handlers */
 		data->recv_event = btusb_recv_event_intel;
 		data->recv_bulk = btusb_recv_bulk_intel;
+	} else if (id->driver_info & BTUSB_REALTEK) {
+		/* Allocate extra space for Realtek device */
+		priv_size += sizeof(struct btrealtek_data);
 	}
 
 	data->recv_acl = hci_recv_frame;