diff --git a/src/mqtt.cpp b/src/mqtt.cpp
index 465817488..5fef8e371 100644
--- a/src/mqtt.cpp
+++ b/src/mqtt.cpp
@@ -592,8 +592,9 @@ void Mqtt::ha_status() {
     publish_system_ha_sensor_config(DeviceValueType::INT8, "Tx reads", "txreads", DeviceValueUOM::NONE);
     publish_system_ha_sensor_config(DeviceValueType::INT8, "Tx writes", "txwrites", DeviceValueUOM::NONE);
     publish_system_ha_sensor_config(DeviceValueType::INT8, "Tx fails", "txfails", DeviceValueUOM::NONE);
-    publish_system_ha_sensor_config(DeviceValueType::INT16, "WiFi reconnects", "wifireconnects", DeviceValueUOM::NONE);
-
+    if (!EMSESP::system_.ethernet_connected()) {
+        publish_system_ha_sensor_config(DeviceValueType::INT16, "WiFi reconnects", "wifireconnects", DeviceValueUOM::NONE);
+    }
     // This comes from the info MQTT topic - and handled in the publish_ha_sensor_config function
     publish_system_ha_sensor_config(DeviceValueType::STRING, "Version", "version", DeviceValueUOM::NONE);
 }