diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
index 6a9779d393f..251982bc02c 100644
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
@@ -1262,6 +1262,14 @@ menu "Extra Features"
             instead of DRAM (.iram.text/.text in internal RAM). Suitable for low-speed
             GAP/GATT operations to reduce RAM usage.
 
+    config BT_NIMBLE_GAP_ALLOW_ADV_RESTART
+        bool "Allow restarting ongoing advertising"
+        default n
+        help
+            If enabled, stop ongoing advertising before starting it again with
+            new parameters,if any. If disabled, starting advertising while it is already
+            active returns BLE_HS_EALREADY.
+
 endmenu
 
 menu "NimBLE Mesh"
diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble b/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
index 44dcef6d6ee..68522b8d815 160000
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 44dcef6d6ee2bc587727cc124b71dab5975ebd6a
+Subproject commit 68522b8d81544db6b80b2cb72ab59507ba605a83
diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/port/include/esp_nimble_cfg.h b/components/bt/host/nimble/port/include/esp_nimble_cfg.h
index 70004a98427..a48b578f707 100644
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/port/include/esp_nimble_cfg.h
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/port/include/esp_nimble_cfg.h
@@ -2304,4 +2304,12 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#ifndef MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_GAP_ALLOW_ADV_RESTART
+#ifdef CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_GAP_ALLOW_ADV_RESTART
+#define MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_GAP_ALLOW_ADV_RESTART CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_GAP_ALLOW_ADV_RESTART
+#else
+#define MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_GAP_ALLOW_ADV_RESTART (0)
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #endif