diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S13btuart b/board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S13btuart
index 6899065c82..48464b8263 100755
--- a/board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S13btuart
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/overlay/etc/init.d/S13btuart
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ conf="/data/etc/bluetooth.conf"
 
 test -f $conf || test -f $boot_conf || test -f $sys_conf || exit 0
 
+test -d "/proc/device-tree/soc/gpio@7e200000/uart0_pins" || exit 0  # no rpi bluetooth detected
+
 test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
 
 function start() {