diff --git a/examples/platform/esp32/common/Esp32AppServer.cpp b/examples/platform/esp32/common/Esp32AppServer.cpp
index e3892f3a409f5a..448463033c383e 100644
--- a/examples/platform/esp32/common/Esp32AppServer.cpp
+++ b/examples/platform/esp32/common/Esp32AppServer.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void Esp32AppServer::Init(AppDelegate * sAppDelegate)
 {
     // Init ZCL Data Model and CHIP App Server
     static chip::CommonCaseDeviceServerInitParams initParams;
-#if CONFIG_TEST_EVENT_TRIGGER_ENABLED
+#if CONFIG_TEST_EVENT_TRIGGER_ENABLED && CONFIG_ENABLE_OTA_REQUESTOR
     if (hex_string_to_binary(CONFIG_TEST_EVENT_TRIGGER_ENABLE_KEY, sTestEventTriggerEnableKey,
                              sizeof(sTestEventTriggerEnableKey)) == 0)
     {