diff --git a/components/bt/controller/esp32/bt.c b/components/bt/controller/esp32/bt.c
index 6768dc1a63..2a5991be4c 100644
--- a/components/bt/controller/esp32/bt.c
+++ b/components/bt/controller/esp32/bt.c
@@ -1686,7 +1686,10 @@ esp_err_t esp_bt_controller_init(esp_bt_controller_config_t *cfg)
 #endif
 
 #if CONFIG_BT_BLE_LOG_SPI_OUT_ENABLED
-    ble_log_spi_out_init();
+    if (ble_log_spi_out_init() != 0) {
+        ESP_LOGE(BTDM_LOG_TAG, "BLE Log SPI output init failed");
+        goto error;
+    }
 #endif // CONFIG_BT_BLE_LOG_SPI_OUT_ENABLED
 
     btdm_cfg_mask = btdm_config_mask_load();
@@ -1705,6 +1708,10 @@ esp_err_t esp_bt_controller_init(esp_bt_controller_config_t *cfg)
 
 error:
 
+#if CONFIG_BT_BLE_LOG_SPI_OUT_ENABLED
+    ble_log_spi_out_deinit();
+#endif // CONFIG_BT_BLE_LOG_SPI_OUT_ENABLED
+
     bt_controller_deinit_internal();
 
     return err;