diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpas_glue.c b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpas_glue.c
index 9a74c4e6b7..d3040b168e 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpas_glue.c
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpas_glue.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ void wpa_supplicant_transition_disable(struct wpa_sm *sm, u8 bitmap)
 {
     wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "TRANSITION_DISABLE %02x", bitmap);
 
-    if (bitmap & TRANSITION_DISABLE_WPA3_PERSONAL) {
+    if  ((bitmap & TRANSITION_DISABLE_WPA3_PERSONAL) &&
+         wpa_key_mgmt_sae(sm->key_mgmt)) {
         esp_wifi_sta_disable_wpa2_authmode_internal();
     }
 }