diff --git a/bluetooth/hci/h4_protocol.cc b/bluetooth/hci/h4_protocol.cc
index 51a624f4a8..5f6d86e0e2 100644
--- a/bluetooth/hci/h4_protocol.cc
+++ b/bluetooth/hci/h4_protocol.cc
@@ -105,15 +105,12 @@ void H4Protocol::SendDataToPacketizer(uint8_t* buffer, size_t length) {
       buffer_offset += 1;
     } else {
       bool packet_ready = hci_packetizer_.OnDataReady(
-          hci_packet_type_, input_buffer, buffer_offset);
+          hci_packet_type_, input_buffer, &buffer_offset);
       if (packet_ready) {
-        // Call packet callback and move offset.
-        buffer_offset += OnPacketReady(hci_packetizer_.GetPacket());
+        // Call packet callback.
+        OnPacketReady(hci_packetizer_.GetPacket());
         // Get ready for the next type byte.
         hci_packet_type_ = PacketType::UNKNOWN;
-      } else {
-        // The data was consumed, but there wasn't a packet.
-        buffer_offset = input_buffer.size();
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/bluetooth/hci/hci_packetizer.cc b/bluetooth/hci/hci_packetizer.cc
index 5b6c4435cc..41359200b4 100644
--- a/bluetooth/hci/hci_packetizer.cc
+++ b/bluetooth/hci/hci_packetizer.cc
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ const std::vector<uint8_t>& HciPacketizer::GetPacket() const { return packet_; }
 
 bool HciPacketizer::OnDataReady(PacketType packet_type,
                                 const std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer,
-                                size_t offset) {
+                                size_t* offset) {
   bool packet_completed = false;
-  size_t bytes_available = buffer.size() - offset;
+  size_t bytes_available = buffer.size() - *offset;
+
   switch (state_) {
     case HCI_HEADER: {
       size_t header_size =
@@ -62,18 +63,20 @@ bool HciPacketizer::OnDataReady(PacketType packet_type,
         bytes_remaining_ = header_size;
         packet_.clear();
       }
+
       size_t bytes_to_copy = std::min(bytes_remaining_, bytes_available);
-      packet_.insert(packet_.end(), buffer.begin() + offset,
-                     buffer.begin() + offset + bytes_to_copy);
+      packet_.insert(packet_.end(), buffer.begin() + *offset,
+                     buffer.begin() + *offset + bytes_to_copy);
       bytes_remaining_ -= bytes_to_copy;
       bytes_available -= bytes_to_copy;
+      *offset += bytes_to_copy;
+
       if (bytes_remaining_ == 0) {
         bytes_remaining_ = HciGetPacketLengthForType(packet_type, packet_);
         if (bytes_remaining_ > 0) {
           state_ = HCI_PAYLOAD;
           if (bytes_available > 0) {
-            packet_completed =
-                OnDataReady(packet_type, buffer, offset + bytes_to_copy);
+            packet_completed = OnDataReady(packet_type, buffer, offset);
           }
         } else {
           packet_completed = true;
@@ -84,9 +87,10 @@ bool HciPacketizer::OnDataReady(PacketType packet_type,
 
     case HCI_PAYLOAD: {
       size_t bytes_to_copy = std::min(bytes_remaining_, bytes_available);
-      packet_.insert(packet_.end(), buffer.begin() + offset,
-                     buffer.begin() + offset + bytes_to_copy);
+      packet_.insert(packet_.end(), buffer.begin() + *offset,
+                     buffer.begin() + *offset + bytes_to_copy);
       bytes_remaining_ -= bytes_to_copy;
+      *offset += bytes_to_copy;
       if (bytes_remaining_ == 0) {
         state_ = HCI_HEADER;
         packet_completed = true;
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ bool HciPacketizer::OnDataReady(PacketType packet_type,
       break;
     }
   }
+
   return packet_completed;
 }
 
diff --git a/bluetooth/hci/hci_packetizer.h b/bluetooth/hci/hci_packetizer.h
index ba3e8412bf..0d9319f1e9 100644
--- a/bluetooth/hci/hci_packetizer.h
+++ b/bluetooth/hci/hci_packetizer.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class HciPacketizer {
  public:
   HciPacketizer() = default;
   bool OnDataReady(PacketType packet_type, const std::vector<uint8_t>& data,
-                   size_t offset);
+                   size_t* offset);
   const std::vector<uint8_t>& GetPacket() const;
 
  protected: