diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_intr_alloc.h b/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_intr_alloc.h
index 3106332c0d..60e3576187 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_intr_alloc.h
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_intr_alloc.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -317,6 +317,18 @@ static inline int esp_intr_level_to_flags(int level)
  */
 esp_err_t esp_intr_dump(FILE *stream);
 
+
+/**
+ * @brief Check if the given pointer is in the safe ISR area.
+ * In other words, make sure that the pointer's content is accessible at
+ * any time, regardless of the cache status
+ *
+ * @param ptr Pointer to check
+ *
+ * @return true if `ptr` points to ISR area, false else
+ */
+bool esp_intr_ptr_in_isr_region(void* ptr);
+
 /**@}*/
 
 
diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_memory_utils.h b/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_memory_utils.h
index 1e22dc4c67..427dc4912e 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_memory_utils.h
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_memory_utils.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ inline static bool esp_ptr_in_drom(const void *p) {
     /* For ESP32-S3, when the DCACHE size is set to 16 kB, the unused 48 kB is
      * added to the heap in 2 blocks of 32 kB (from 0x3FCF0000) and 16 kB
      * (from 0x3C000000 (SOC_DROM_LOW) - 0x3C004000).
-     * The drom_start_addr has to be moved by 0x4000 (16kB) to accomodate
+     * The drom_start_addr has to be moved by 0x4000 (16kB) to accommodate
      * this addition. */
     drom_start_addr += 0x4000;
 #endif
@@ -315,6 +315,29 @@ inline static bool esp_ptr_in_drom(const void *p) {
     return ((intptr_t)p >= drom_start_addr && (intptr_t)p < SOC_DROM_HIGH);
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * @brief Check if the given pointer is in ROM
+ *
+ * @param ptr Pointer to check
+ *
+ * @return true if `ptr` points to ROM, false else
+ */
+__attribute__((always_inline))
+inline static bool esp_ptr_in_rom(const void *p)
+{
+    intptr_t ip = (intptr_t) p;
+    return
+    /**
+     * The following DROM macros are only defined on RISC-V targets, moreover, to prevent
+     * the compiler from generating a `logical-op` warning, make sure the macros are
+     * distinct. */
+#if CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ARCH_RISCV && SOC_DROM_MASK_LOW != SOC_IROM_MASK_LOW
+        (ip >= SOC_DROM_MASK_LOW && ip < SOC_DROM_MASK_HIGH) ||
+#endif
+        (ip >= SOC_IROM_MASK_LOW && ip < SOC_IROM_MASK_HIGH);
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Check if the stack pointer is in dram
  *
diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/intr_alloc.c b/components/esp_hw_support/intr_alloc.c
index 993e90f27c..dec1d1e24b 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/intr_alloc.c
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/intr_alloc.c
@@ -472,6 +472,13 @@ static void IRAM_ATTR non_shared_intr_isr(void *arg)
 }
 #endif
 
+
+bool esp_intr_ptr_in_isr_region(void* ptr)
+{
+    return esp_ptr_in_iram(ptr) || esp_ptr_in_rtc_iram_fast(ptr) || esp_ptr_in_rom(ptr);
+}
+
+
 //We use ESP_EARLY_LOG* here because this can be called before the scheduler is running.
 esp_err_t esp_intr_alloc_intrstatus(int source, int flags, uint32_t intrstatusreg, uint32_t intrstatusmask, intr_handler_t handler,
                                     void *arg, intr_handle_t *ret_handle)
@@ -499,7 +506,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_intr_alloc_intrstatus(int source, int flags, uint32_t intrstatusre
     //ToDo: if we are to allow placing interrupt handlers into the 0x400c0000—0x400c2000 region,
     //we need to make sure the interrupt is connected to the CPU0.
     //CPU1 does not have access to the RTC fast memory through this region.
-    if ((flags & ESP_INTR_FLAG_IRAM) && handler && !esp_ptr_in_iram(handler) && !esp_ptr_in_rtc_iram_fast(handler)) {
+    if ((flags & ESP_INTR_FLAG_IRAM) && handler && !esp_intr_ptr_in_isr_region(handler)) {
         return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
     }