diff --git a/components/driver/ledc.c b/components/driver/ledc.c
index 515d9335ef..d8f52de20f 100644
--- a/components/driver/ledc.c
+++ b/components/driver/ledc.c
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ esp_err_t ledc_timer_rst(ledc_mode_t speed_mode, ledc_timer_t timer_sel)
     LEDC_CHECK(p_ledc_obj[speed_mode] != NULL, LEDC_NOT_INIT, ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE);
     portENTER_CRITICAL(&ledc_spinlock);
     ledc_hal_timer_rst(&(p_ledc_obj[speed_mode]->ledc_hal), timer_sel);
-    ledc_ls_timer_update(speed_mode, timer_sel);
     portEXIT_CRITICAL(&ledc_spinlock);
     return ESP_OK;
 }
@@ -240,7 +239,6 @@ esp_err_t ledc_timer_pause(ledc_mode_t speed_mode, ledc_timer_t timer_sel)
     LEDC_CHECK(p_ledc_obj[speed_mode] != NULL, LEDC_NOT_INIT, ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE);
     portENTER_CRITICAL(&ledc_spinlock);
     ledc_hal_timer_pause(&(p_ledc_obj[speed_mode]->ledc_hal), timer_sel);
-    ledc_ls_timer_update(speed_mode, timer_sel);
     portEXIT_CRITICAL(&ledc_spinlock);
     return ESP_OK;
 }
@@ -252,7 +250,6 @@ esp_err_t ledc_timer_resume(ledc_mode_t speed_mode, ledc_timer_t timer_sel)
     LEDC_CHECK(p_ledc_obj[speed_mode] != NULL, LEDC_NOT_INIT, ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE);
     portENTER_CRITICAL(&ledc_spinlock);
     ledc_hal_timer_resume(&(p_ledc_obj[speed_mode]->ledc_hal), timer_sel);
-    ledc_ls_timer_update(speed_mode, timer_sel);
     portEXIT_CRITICAL(&ledc_spinlock);
     return ESP_OK;
 }
@@ -312,8 +309,6 @@ static esp_err_t ledc_set_timer_div(ledc_mode_t speed_mode, ledc_timer_t timer_n
     }
     //Set the divisor
     ledc_timer_set(speed_mode, timer_num, div_param, duty_resolution, timer_clk_src);
-    // reset the timer
-    ledc_timer_rst(speed_mode, timer_num);
     return ESP_OK;
 error:
     ESP_LOGE(LEDC_TAG, "requested frequency and duty resolution can not be achieved, try reducing freq_hz or duty_resolution. div_param=%d",
@@ -348,7 +343,12 @@ esp_err_t ledc_timer_config(const ledc_timer_config_t* timer_conf)
         ledc_hal_init(&(p_ledc_obj[speed_mode]->ledc_hal), speed_mode);
     }
 
-    return ledc_set_timer_div(speed_mode, timer_num, timer_conf->clk_cfg, freq_hz, duty_resolution);
+    esp_err_t ret = ledc_set_timer_div(speed_mode, timer_num, timer_conf->clk_cfg, freq_hz, duty_resolution);
+    if (ret == ESP_OK) {
+        /* Reset the timer. */
+        ledc_timer_rst(speed_mode, timer_num);
+    }
+    return ret;
 }
 
 esp_err_t ledc_set_pin(int gpio_num, ledc_mode_t speed_mode, ledc_channel_t ledc_channel)
diff --git a/components/driver/test/test_ledc.c b/components/driver/test/test_ledc.c
index 988204da11..b8874f86de 100644
--- a/components/driver/test/test_ledc.c
+++ b/components/driver/test/test_ledc.c
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ TEST_CASE("LEDC timer pause and resume", "[ledc][test_env=UT_T1_LEDC]")
     printf("reset ledc timer\n");
     TEST_ESP_OK(ledc_timer_rst(test_speed_mode, LEDC_TIMER_0));
     vTaskDelay(100 / portTICK_RATE_MS);
+    count = wave_count(1000);
     TEST_ASSERT_UINT32_WITHIN(5, count, 5000);
 }