diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_hostap.c b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_hostap.c
index 9a369774e9..f2cdaa1198 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_hostap.c
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_hostap.c
@@ -168,7 +168,10 @@ void *hostap_init(void)
         wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "overriding transition_disable config with 0 as authmode is not WPA3");
     }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SAE
     auth_conf->sae_require_mfp = 1;
+#endif /* CONFIG_SAE */
+
     //TODO change it when AP support GCMP-PSK
     auth_conf->group_mgmt_cipher = WPA_CIPHER_AES_128_CMAC;