diff --git a/components/tcp_transport/transport_ssl.c b/components/tcp_transport/transport_ssl.c
index a11f160fbc..0a3adbac3b 100644
--- a/components/tcp_transport/transport_ssl.c
+++ b/components/tcp_transport/transport_ssl.c
@@ -174,7 +174,10 @@ static int base_poll_read(esp_transport_handle_t t, int timeout_ms)
         return remain;
     }
     ret = select(ssl->sockfd + 1, &readset, NULL, &errset, esp_transport_utils_ms_to_timeval(timeout_ms, &timeout));
-    if (ret > 0 && FD_ISSET(ssl->sockfd, &errset)) {
+    // The select() function monitors the socket for readiness to read or write, and checks for errors.
+    // If both an error (errset) and readiness (readset/writeset) are detected simultaneously,
+    // this code ensures that the pending read data must be handled before we start processing error.
+    if (ret == 1 && FD_ISSET(ssl->sockfd, &errset)) {
         int sock_errno = 0;
         uint32_t optlen = sizeof(sock_errno);
         getsockopt(ssl->sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &sock_errno, &optlen);