From f0a9ee871b801e5296da827b07ab8bdb8f9d0dda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:19:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] keep

---
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
index afb69454e5..20f66eb9f0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ void WiFiComponent::loop() {
       case WIFI_COMPONENT_STATE_STA_CONNECTED: {
         if (!this->is_connected()) {
           ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Connection lost; reconnecting");
+          this->state_ = WIFI_COMPONENT_STATE_STA_CONNECTING;
           this->retry_connect();
         } else {
           this->status_clear_warning();