diff --git a/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_lwip.c b/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_lwip.c
index 02e08e703fd..b19cbbae868 100644
--- a/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_lwip.c
+++ b/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_lwip.c
@@ -682,6 +682,13 @@ static err_t netif_mld_mac_filter_cb(struct netif *netif, const ip6_addr_t *grou
     }
     return ERR_OK;
 }
+
+static void netif_mld_mac_filter_all_nodes(struct netif *netif, enum netif_mac_filter_action action)
+{
+    ip6_addr_t all_nodes;
+    ip6_addr_set_allnodes_linklocal(&all_nodes);
+    netif_mld_mac_filter_cb(netif, &all_nodes, action);
+}
 #endif /* LWIP_IPV6 && LWIP_IPV6_MLD */
 
 static esp_err_t esp_netif_init_configuration(esp_netif_t *esp_netif, const esp_netif_config_t *cfg)
@@ -953,7 +960,15 @@ static void esp_netif_lwip_remove(esp_netif_t *esp_netif)
         if (netif_is_up(esp_netif->lwip_netif)) {
             netif_set_down(esp_netif->lwip_netif);
         }
+#if LWIP_IPV6 && LWIP_IPV6_MLD
+        if (esp_netif->driver_set_mac_filter && esp_netif->lwip_netif->mld_mac_filter) {
+            netif_mld_mac_filter_all_nodes(esp_netif->lwip_netif, NETIF_DEL_MAC_FILTER);
+        }
+#endif
         netif_remove(esp_netif->lwip_netif);
+#if LWIP_IPV6 && LWIP_IPV6_MLD
+        netif_set_mld_mac_filter(esp_netif->lwip_netif, NULL);
+#endif
 #if ESP_GRATUITOUS_ARP
         if (esp_netif->flags & ESP_NETIF_FLAG_GARP) {
             netif_unset_garp_flag(esp_netif->lwip_netif);
@@ -1044,6 +1059,8 @@ static esp_err_t esp_netif_lwip_add(esp_netif_t *esp_netif)
 #endif
 #if LWIP_IPV6 && LWIP_IPV6_MLD
         netif_set_mld_mac_filter(esp_netif->lwip_netif, netif_mld_mac_filter_cb);
+        /* ff02::1 is implicitly joined and therefore absent from the MLD group list. */
+        netif_mld_mac_filter_all_nodes(esp_netif->lwip_netif, NETIF_ADD_MAC_FILTER);
         /* Align L2 multicast filters with current MLD groups, since mld6 processing
          * may have started before the callback was registered. */
         if (esp_netif->lwip_netif && (esp_netif->lwip_netif->flags & NETIF_FLAG_MLD6)) {
diff --git a/components/esp_netif/test_apps/test_app_vfs_l2tap/main/test_vfs_l2tap.c b/components/esp_netif/test_apps/test_app_vfs_l2tap/main/test_vfs_l2tap.c
index 3b4513255a5..4a132c97a8e 100644
--- a/components/esp_netif/test_apps/test_app_vfs_l2tap/main/test_vfs_l2tap.c
+++ b/components/esp_netif/test_apps/test_app_vfs_l2tap/main/test_vfs_l2tap.c
@@ -269,13 +269,13 @@ static void ethernet_deinit(test_vfs_eth_network_t *network_hndls)
         TEST_ESP_OK(esp_eth_del_netif_glue(network_hndls->netif_io_driver));
     }
 #endif // CONFIG_L2TAP_TEST_USE_ETH_SUBLAYER
-    esp_eth_driver_uninstall(network_hndls->eth_handle);
-    TEST_ESP_OK(network_hndls->phy->del(network_hndls->phy));
-    TEST_ESP_OK(network_hndls->mac->del(network_hndls->mac));
     if (network_hndls->eth_netif) {
         TEST_ESP_OK(esp_event_handler_unregister(IP_EVENT, IP_EVENT_ETH_GOT_IP, got_ip_event_handler));
         esp_netif_destroy(network_hndls->eth_netif);
     }
+    esp_eth_driver_uninstall(network_hndls->eth_handle);
+    TEST_ESP_OK(network_hndls->phy->del(network_hndls->phy));
+    TEST_ESP_OK(network_hndls->mac->del(network_hndls->mac));
     TEST_ESP_OK(esp_event_handler_unregister(ETH_EVENT, ESP_EVENT_ANY_ID, eth_event_handler));
     vEventGroupDelete(network_hndls->eth_event_group);
     network_hndls->eth_event_group = NULL;