diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
index 1f4eb1e42c1..4a3c40a1199 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_esp_idf.cpp
@@ -720,6 +720,7 @@ void WiFiComponent::wifi_process_event_(IDFWiFiEvent *data) {
   } else if (data->event_base == WIFI_EVENT && data->event_id == WIFI_EVENT_STA_STOP) {
     ESP_LOGV(TAG, "STA stop");
     s_sta_started = false;
+    s_sta_connecting = false;
 
   } else if (data->event_base == WIFI_EVENT && data->event_id == WIFI_EVENT_STA_AUTHMODE_CHANGE) {
     const auto &it = data->data.sta_authmode_change;