diff --git a/src/battery_led.cpp b/src/battery_led.cpp
index 7e457a2..3a0c512 100644
--- a/src/battery_led.cpp
+++ b/src/battery_led.cpp
@@ -37,11 +37,29 @@ void battery_led_note_report(void) {
     last_report_us = time_us_64();
 }
 
+void battery_led_on_disconnect(void) {
+    // Stop any in-progress blink and force the LED off immediately. Zero
+    // last_report_us so the tick's stale-check early-returns until a fresh
+    // 0x31 report arrives on the next connection — prevents the cached
+    // low-battery byte from re-arming a blink during reconnect retries.
+    blinking = false;
+    led_state = false;
+    last_report_us = 0;
+    last_toggle_us = 0;
+    cyw43_arch_gpio_put(CYW43_WL_GPIO_LED_PIN, false);
+}
+
 void battery_led_tick(void) {
     const uint64_t now = time_us_64();
     if (last_report_us == 0 || (now - last_report_us) >= REPORT_STALE_US) {
-        // No fresh data — bt.cpp owns the LED while disconnected.
-        blinking = false;
+        // No fresh data — bt.cpp owns the LED while disconnected. If we
+        // were mid-blink when the report went stale, force the LED off
+        // so it doesn't freeze in whichever half-cycle it was in.
+        if (blinking) {
+            blinking = false;
+            led_state = false;
+            cyw43_arch_gpio_put(CYW43_WL_GPIO_LED_PIN, false);
+        }
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/battery_led.h b/src/battery_led.h
index 8100a5f..f1a591f 100644
--- a/src/battery_led.h
+++ b/src/battery_led.h
@@ -16,3 +16,11 @@ void battery_led_tick(void);
 // has been copied into interrupt_in_data. Used to detect disconnection
 // via stale-report timeout.
 void battery_led_note_report(void);
+
+// Call from the BT disconnect handler. Cancels any in-progress blink,
+// forces the LED off, and arms the module so it ignores the cached
+// (now-stale) battery byte until a fresh report arrives on the next
+// connection. Without this, the LED can stay frozen in whichever state
+// it was at the moment of disconnect, or briefly resume blinking during
+// reconnect retries while interrupt_in_data[52] still reads low.
+void battery_led_on_disconnect(void);
diff --git a/src/bt.cpp b/src/bt.cpp
index e546f0e..400dbfb 100644
--- a/src/bt.cpp
+++ b/src/bt.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #include "state_mgr.h"
 #include "pico/util/queue.h"
 #include "slots.h"
+#if ENABLE_BATT_LED
+#include "battery_led.h"
+#endif
 
 #define MTU_CONTROL 672
 #define MTU_INTERRUPT 672
@@ -454,6 +457,9 @@ static void hci_packet_handler(uint8_t packet_type, uint16_t channel, uint8_t *p
             hid_interrupt_cid = 0;
             feature_data.clear();
             cyw43_arch_gpio_put(CYW43_WL_GPIO_LED_PIN, false);
+#if ENABLE_BATT_LED
+            battery_led_on_disconnect();
+#endif
             printf("[HCI] Disconnected reason=0x%02X, start inquiry\n", reason);
             gap_inquiry_start(30);
             break;