diff --git a/components/espcoredump/include/esp_core_dump.h b/components/espcoredump/include/esp_core_dump.h
index 0272754771..818c0a3519 100644
--- a/components/espcoredump/include/esp_core_dump.h
+++ b/components/espcoredump/include/esp_core_dump.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_core_dump_image_get(size_t* out_addr, size_t *out_size);
  *
  * @return ESP_OK on success, otherwise \see esp_err_t
  */
-esp_err_t esp_core_dump_image_erase();
+esp_err_t esp_core_dump_image_erase(void);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_flash.c b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_flash.c
index 0a6c173d61..33412d61fc 100644
--- a/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_flash.c
+++ b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_flash.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include "esp_flash_encrypt.h"
 #include "esp_rom_crc.h"
 
+#define BLANK_COREDUMP_SIZE 0xFFFFFFFF
+
 const static DRAM_ATTR char TAG[] __attribute__((unused)) = "esp_core_dump_flash";
 
 #if CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE_TO_FLASH
@@ -391,7 +393,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_core_dump_image_get(size_t* out_addr, size_t *out_size)
     }
 
     /* Verify that the size read from the flash is not corrupted. */
-    if (size == 0xFFFFFFFF) {
+    if (size == BLANK_COREDUMP_SIZE) {
         ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Coredump not found, blank core dump partition!");
         err = ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND;
     } else if ((size < sizeof(uint32_t)) || (size > core_part->size)) {
@@ -460,7 +462,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_core_dump_image_get(size_t* out_addr, size_t *out_size)
 
 #endif
 
-esp_err_t esp_core_dump_image_erase()
+esp_err_t esp_core_dump_image_erase(void)
 {
     /* Find the partition that could potentially contain a (previous) core dump. */
     const esp_partition_t *core_part = esp_partition_find_first(ESP_PARTITION_TYPE_DATA,
@@ -482,11 +484,9 @@ esp_err_t esp_core_dump_image_erase()
         return err;
     }
 
-    // on encrypted flash esp_partition_erase_range will leave encrypted
-    // garbage instead of 0xFFFFFFFF so overwriting again to safely signalize
-    // deleted coredumps
-    const uint32_t invalid_size = 0xFFFFFFFF;
-    err = esp_partition_write(core_part, 0, &invalid_size, sizeof(invalid_size));
+    // Mark core dump as deleted by setting field size
+    const uint32_t blank_size = BLANK_COREDUMP_SIZE;
+    err = esp_partition_write(core_part, 0, &blank_size, sizeof(blank_size));
     if (err != ESP_OK) {
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to write core dump partition size (%d)!", err);
     }