diff --git a/components/esp_system/Kconfig b/components/esp_system/Kconfig
index 50841152d2..60e5a4d724 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/Kconfig
+++ b/components/esp_system/Kconfig
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ menu "ESP System Settings"
         int
         prompt "UART console baud rate" if ESP_CONSOLE_UART_CUSTOM
         depends on ESP_CONSOLE_UART
+        default 74880 if ESP32C2_XTAL_FREQ_26
         default 115200
         range 1200 4000000 if !PM_ENABLE
         range 1200 1000000 if PM_ENABLE
diff --git a/components/hal/Kconfig b/components/hal/Kconfig
index 8b5678d790..4f35f73fe4 100644
--- a/components/hal/Kconfig
+++ b/components/hal/Kconfig
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ menu "Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and Low Level (LL)"
 
     config HAL_SYSTIMER_USE_ROM_IMPL
         bool "Use ROM implementation of SysTimer HAL driver"
-        depends on ESP_ROM_HAS_HAL_SYSTIMER
+        depends on ESP_ROM_HAS_HAL_SYSTIMER && !ESP32C2_XTAL_FREQ_26
         default y
         help
             Enable this flag to use HAL functions from ROM instead of ESP-IDF.