diff --git a/components/esp32/panic.c b/components/esp32/panic.c
index 4d8386446..4c3db7fa6 100644
--- a/components/esp32/panic.c
+++ b/components/esp32/panic.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ void panicHandler(XtExcFrame *frame)
         return;
     }
     haltOtherCore();
+    esp_dport_access_int_deinit();
     panicPutStr("Guru Meditation Error: Core ");
     panicPutDec(core_id);
     panicPutStr(" panic'ed (");
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ void panicHandler(XtExcFrame *frame)
 void xt_unhandled_exception(XtExcFrame *frame)
 {
     haltOtherCore();
+    esp_dport_access_int_deinit();
     if (!abort_called) {
         panicPutStr("Guru Meditation Error of type ");
         int exccause = frame->exccause;