diff --git a/components/esp_common/include/esp_err.h b/components/esp_common/include/esp_err.h
index 58026d02e693..0b4210985303 100644
--- a/components/esp_common/include/esp_err.h
+++ b/components/esp_common/include/esp_err.h
@@ -92,6 +92,29 @@ void _esp_error_check_failed_without_abort(esp_err_t rc, const char *file, int l
 #endif
 /** @endcond */
 
+/**
+ * Macro that returns the error code if an error occurs, optionally running extra code.
+ * The extra code can be placed after the function thay may error and it will only run if the error occurs.
+ * 
+ * @example
+ * esp_err_t my_function()
+ * {
+ *     // Let's say `read_file()` returns esp_err_t and we want to `close_file()` on error.
+ *     ESP_ERROR_CHECK_RETURN(read_file(), close_file())
+ *     // If the code page gets here, `read_file()` succeeded.
+ *     process_file();
+ *     close_file();
+ *     return ESP_OK;
+ * }
+ */
+#define ESP_ERROR_CHECK_RETURN(x, ...) do {   \
+        esp_err_t err_rc_ = (x);              \
+        if (unlikely(err_rc_ != ESP_OK)) {    \
+            __VA_ARGS__;                      \
+            return err_rc_;                   \
+        }                                     \
+    } while (0)
+
 /**
  * Macro which can be used to check the error code,
  * and terminate the program in case the code is not ESP_OK.