diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/lib b/components/esp_wifi/lib
index 8aab0ad438..28eee97ed6 160000
--- a/components/esp_wifi/lib
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/lib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8aab0ad4389874f717c9b626502c9f8f1074fd60
+Subproject commit 28eee97ed6d7595375aa029ccbf05ce849d046f8
diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/src/wifi_init.c b/components/esp_wifi/src/wifi_init.c
index 8cfc347844..632798ad2d 100644
--- a/components/esp_wifi/src/wifi_init.c
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/src/wifi_init.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_wifi_deinit(void)
     err = esp_wifi_deinit_internal();
     if (err != ESP_OK) {
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to deinit Wi-Fi driver (0x%x)", err);
+        return err;
     }
 
 #if CONFIG_ESP_NETIF_TCPIP_ADAPTER_COMPATIBLE_LAYER