diff --git a/components/bt/controller/esp32/bt.c b/components/bt/controller/esp32/bt.c
index f26dd4bc26..5b9acd3565 100644
--- a/components/bt/controller/esp32/bt.c
+++ b/components/bt/controller/esp32/bt.c
@@ -1620,7 +1620,10 @@ esp_err_t esp_bt_controller_init(esp_bt_controller_config_t *cfg)
 
     btdm_cfg_mask = btdm_config_mask_load();
 
-    if (btdm_controller_init(btdm_cfg_mask, cfg) != 0) {
+    err = btdm_controller_init(btdm_cfg_mask, cfg);
+
+    if (err != 0) {
+        ESP_LOGE(BTDM_LOG_TAG, "%s %d\n",__func__,err);
         err = ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
         goto error;
     }
diff --git a/components/bt/controller/esp32c3/bt.c b/components/bt/controller/esp32c3/bt.c
index e053cfdf40..8cca9a72c1 100644
--- a/components/bt/controller/esp32c3/bt.c
+++ b/components/bt/controller/esp32c3/bt.c
@@ -1403,7 +1403,10 @@ esp_err_t esp_bt_controller_init(esp_bt_controller_config_t *cfg)
     periph_module_enable(PERIPH_BT_MODULE);
     periph_module_reset(PERIPH_BT_MODULE);
 
-    if (btdm_controller_init(cfg) != 0) {
+    err = btdm_controller_init(cfg);
+
+    if (err != 0) {
+        ESP_LOGE(BT_LOG_TAG, "%s %d\n",__func__,err);
         err = ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
         goto error;
     }