diff --git a/components/esp_system/port/soc/esp32/system_internal.c b/components/esp_system/port/soc/esp32/system_internal.c
index 07e8e86933..c2249e0ed6 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/port/soc/esp32/system_internal.c
+++ b/components/esp_system/port/soc/esp32/system_internal.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ void IRAM_ATTR esp_restart_noos(void)
 
     //Enable flash boot mode so that flash booting after restart is protected by the RTC WDT.
     wdt_hal_set_flashboot_en(&rtc_wdt_ctx, true);
-    wdt_hal_write_protect_enable(&rtc_wdt_ctx);
 
     // Reset and stall the other CPU.
     // CPU must be reset before stalling, in case it was running a s32c1i