From 85e1e4b95ec6ec3d9c7ba3a5819d86d1ae1fb8a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tomaszduda23 <tomaszduda23@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 02:37:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [zephyr] feed watchdog early. Otherwise OTA may rollback.
 (#16218)

---
 esphome/components/zephyr/hal.cpp | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/zephyr/hal.cpp b/esphome/components/zephyr/hal.cpp
index 6c405b650e..ad8ed5c95c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/zephyr/hal.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/zephyr/hal.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ void arch_init() {
     }
   }
 #endif
+  // feed watchdog early. Otherwise OTA may rollback.
+  arch_feed_wdt();
 }
 
 void arch_feed_wdt() {