diff --git a/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c b/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
index 4bab1dcdb..98df98bbb 100644
--- a/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
+++ b/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
@@ -78,10 +78,7 @@ static esp_err_t _http_handle_response_code(esp_http_client_handle_t http_client
              *  to clear the response buffer of http_client.
              */
             int data_read = esp_http_client_read(http_client, upgrade_data_buf, DEFAULT_OTA_BUF_SIZE);
-            if (data_read < 0) {
-                ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Error: SSL data read error");
-                return ESP_FAIL;
-            } else if (data_read == 0) {
+            if (data_read <= 0) {
                 return ESP_OK;
             }
         }
@@ -235,10 +232,10 @@ esp_err_t esp_https_ota_get_img_desc(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle, es
                                           (handle->ota_upgrade_buf + bytes_read),
                                           data_read_size);
         /*
-         * As esp_http_client_read never returns negative error code, we rely on
+         * As esp_http_client_read doesn't return negative error code if select fails, we rely on
          * `errno` to check for underlying transport connectivity closure if any
          */
-        if (errno == ENOTCONN || errno == ECONNRESET || errno == ECONNABORTED) {
+        if (errno == ENOTCONN || errno == ECONNRESET || errno == ECONNABORTED || data_read < 0) {
             ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Connection closed, errno = %d", errno);
             break;
         }
@@ -294,7 +291,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_https_ota_perform(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle)
                  */
                 bool is_recv_complete = esp_https_ota_is_complete_data_received(https_ota_handle);
                 /*
-                 * As esp_http_client_read never returns negative error code, we rely on
+                 * As esp_http_client_read doesn't return negative error code if select fails, we rely on
                  * `errno` to check for underlying transport connectivity closure if any.
                  * Incase the complete data has not been received but the server has sent
                  * an ENOTCONN or ECONNRESET, failure is returned. We close with success
@@ -309,6 +306,8 @@ esp_err_t esp_https_ota_perform(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle)
                 ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Connection closed");
             } else if (data_read > 0) {
                 return _ota_write(handle, (const void *)handle->ota_upgrade_buf, data_read);
+            } else {
+                return ESP_FAIL;
             }
             handle->state = ESP_HTTPS_OTA_SUCCESS;
             break;