diff --git a/components/console/esp_console_repl.c b/components/console/esp_console_repl.c
index 772de2e825..09929931b5 100644
--- a/components/console/esp_console_repl.c
+++ b/components/console/esp_console_repl.c
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ static esp_err_t esp_console_common_init(esp_console_repl_com_t *repl_com)
     esp_console_config_t console_config = ESP_CONSOLE_CONFIG_DEFAULT();
 #if CONFIG_LOG_COLORS
     console_config.hint_color = atoi(LOG_COLOR_CYAN);
+#else
+    console_config.hint_color = -1;
 #endif
     ret = esp_console_init(&console_config);
     if (ret != ESP_OK) {
diff --git a/components/console/linenoise/linenoise.c b/components/console/linenoise/linenoise.c
index e09719dad2..8edebb60db 100644
--- a/components/console/linenoise/linenoise.c
+++ b/components/console/linenoise/linenoise.c
@@ -498,9 +498,10 @@ void refreshShowHints(struct abuf *ab, struct linenoiseState *l, int plen) {
             int hintmaxlen = l->cols-(plen+l->len);
             if (hintlen > hintmaxlen) hintlen = hintmaxlen;
             if (bold == 1 && color == -1) color = 37;
-            if (color != -1 || bold != 0)
+            if (color != -1 || bold != 0) {
                 snprintf(seq,64,"\033[%d;%d;49m",bold,color);
-            abAppend(ab,seq,strlen(seq));
+                abAppend(ab,seq,strlen(seq));
+            }
             abAppend(ab,hint,hintlen);
             if (color != -1 || bold != 0)
                 abAppend(ab,"\033[0m",4);