From d3196e0e34584bebc63b7a3a23d6403f4ceffdea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A9ter=20S=C3=A1rk=C3=B6zi?= <xmisterhu@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 22:12:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix disabled wifi crash on boot (#5370)

---
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
index ff621291f0..2cb36fe8ea 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ void WiFiComponent::setup() {
   if (this->enable_on_boot_) {
     this->start();
   } else {
+#ifdef USE_ESP32
+    esp_netif_init();
+#endif
     this->state_ = WIFI_COMPONENT_STATE_DISABLED;
   }
 }