diff --git a/subsys/bluetooth/Kconfig b/subsys/bluetooth/Kconfig
index 9e82343ec5cd9..227d8daa4cfa3 100644
--- a/subsys/bluetooth/Kconfig
+++ b/subsys/bluetooth/Kconfig
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ config BT_CUSTOM
 
 endchoice
 
+# The Bluetooth subsystem requires the system workqueue to execute at
+# a cooperative priority.
+config SYSTEM_WORKQUEUE_PRIORITY
+	range -256 -1
+
 if BT_HCI
 
 config BT_HCI_RAW
diff --git a/subsys/bluetooth/common/dummy.c b/subsys/bluetooth/common/dummy.c
index a0d6c8155095b..b9851079e3165 100644
--- a/subsys/bluetooth/common/dummy.c
+++ b/subsys/bluetooth/common/dummy.c
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@
 
 #include <zephyr.h>
 
-/* The Bluetooth subsystem requires the system workqueue to execute at a
- * cooperative priority to function correctly. If this build assert triggers
- * verify your configuration to ensure that cooperative threads are enabled
- * and that the system workqueue priority is negative (cooperative).
- */
-BUILD_ASSERT(CONFIG_SYSTEM_WORKQUEUE_PRIORITY < 0);
-
 /* The Bluetooth subsystem requires the Tx thread to execute at higher priority
  * than the Rx thread as the Tx thread needs to process the acknowledgements
  * before new Rx data is processed. This is a necessity to correctly detect