diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/lib b/components/esp_wifi/lib
index 557c6fa326..4019e5e8ce 160000
--- a/components/esp_wifi/lib
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/lib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 557c6fa326dc423118576a5f9d4b34ba60e0d991
+Subproject commit 4019e5e8ceafa862175b16b1e414c299502afc3f
diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpa_main.c b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpa_main.c
index 8d80783654..6f3c69110f 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpa_main.c
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wpa_main.c
@@ -321,12 +321,15 @@ static bool hostap_sta_join(void **sta, u8 *bssid, u8 *wpa_ie, u8 wpa_ie_len,u8
     sta_info = ap_sta_add(hapd, bssid);
     if (!sta_info) {
         wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR, "failed to add station " MACSTR, MAC2STR(bssid));
-        return false;
+        goto fail;
     }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SAE
     if (sta_info->lock && os_semphr_take(sta_info->lock, 0) != TRUE) {
         wpa_printf(MSG_INFO, "Ignore assoc request as softap is busy with sae calculation for station "MACSTR, MAC2STR(bssid));
+        if (esp_send_assoc_resp(hapd, sta_info, bssid, WLAN_STATUS_ASSOC_REJECTED_TEMPORARILY, rsnxe ? false : true, subtype) != WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
         return false;
     }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SAE */
@@ -357,10 +360,7 @@ static bool hostap_sta_join(void **sta, u8 *bssid, u8 *wpa_ie, u8 wpa_ie_len,u8
     }
 
 fail:
-    if (sta_info) {
-        ap_free_sta(hapd, sta_info);
-    }
-
+    esp_wifi_ap_deauth_internal(bssid, WLAN_REASON_PREV_AUTH_NOT_VALID);
     return false;
 }
 #endif