diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 37ed61e56..4763c1f0b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1111,6 +1111,23 @@ void setup()
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#if defined(SENSECAP_INDICATOR)
+    // The ST7701 panel shares SCK/MOSI/MISO (41/48/47) with the SX1262, and its host is SPI2_HOST,
+    // which on the S3 is the same peripheral as the Arduino `SPI` object (FSPI == SPI2).
+    // LovyanGFX bit-bangs the ST7701 init sequence on those pins, and because this variant builds
+    // with USE_ARDUINO_HAL_GPIO it does so via Arduino pinMode()/digitalWrite(). pinMode() calls
+    // perimanSetPinBus(.., ESP32_BUS_TYPE_GPIO, ..), whose deinit callback (spiDetachBus_SCK) ends
+    // up in spiStopBus() and gates the SPI2 clock. RadioLib then spins forever in spiTransferByte()
+    // waiting on cmd.update, which never clears on a stopped peripheral, and the watchdog fires.
+    //
+    // Restart the bus here, after the panel is up and before the radio is touched. Note that
+    // SPIClass::begin() early-returns when _spi is already non-NULL, so end() first is required.
+    SPI.end();
+    SPI.begin(LORA_SCK, LORA_MISO, LORA_MOSI, -1); // CS is an IO-expander pin, driven by RadioLib
+    SPI.setFrequency(4000000);
+    LOG_DEBUG("SPI2 restarted after ST7701 init (SCK=%d, MISO=%d, MOSI=%d)", LORA_SCK, LORA_MISO, LORA_MOSI);
+#endif
+
     auto rIf = initLoRa();
 
     lateInitVariant(); // Do board specific init (see extra_variants/README.md for documentation)