diff --git a/components/esp-tls/esp_tls.c b/components/esp-tls/esp_tls.c
index 65cd789f39..b3a6ae3ecd 100644
--- a/components/esp-tls/esp_tls.c
+++ b/components/esp-tls/esp_tls.c
@@ -134,7 +134,11 @@ static esp_err_t esp_tcp_connect(const char *host, int hostlen, int port, int *s
         }
         if (cfg->non_block) {
             int flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL, 0);
-            fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
+            ret = fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
+            if (ret < 0) {
+                ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to configure the socket as non-blocking (errno %d)", errno);
+                goto err_freesocket;
+            }
         }
     }