diff --git a/audio/avdtp.c b/audio/avdtp.c
index 131ff4f..d97aff2 100644
--- a/audio/avdtp.c
+++ b/audio/avdtp.c
@@ -2119,6 +2119,16 @@ static void avdtp_confirm_cb(GIOChannel *chan, gpointer data)
 	if (!session)
 		goto drop;
 
+	// This state (ie, session is already *connecting*) happens when the device
+	//  initiates a connect (really a config'd L2CAP channel) even though
+	//  there is a connect we initiated in progress.  In sink.c & source.c,
+	//  this state is referred to as XCASE connect:connect.
+	// Abort the device's channel in favor of our own.
+	if (session->state == AVDTP_SESSION_STATE_CONNECTING) {
+		debug("avdtp_confirm_cb: connect already in progress (XCASE connect:connect)");
+		goto drop;
+	}
+
 	if (session->pending_open && session->pending_open->open_acp) {
 		if (!bt_io_accept(chan, avdtp_connect_cb, session, NULL, NULL))
 			goto drop;