diff --git a/components/soc/esp32c2/include/soc/Kconfig.soc_caps.in b/components/soc/esp32c2/include/soc/Kconfig.soc_caps.in
index 21f6c96f3b..477046ce77 100644
--- a/components/soc/esp32c2/include/soc/Kconfig.soc_caps.in
+++ b/components/soc/esp32c2/include/soc/Kconfig.soc_caps.in
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ config SOC_I2C_NUM
 
 config SOC_I2C_FIFO_LEN
     int
-    default 32
+    default 16
 
 config SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_CLR_BUS
     bool
diff --git a/components/soc/esp32c2/include/soc/soc_caps.h b/components/soc/esp32c2/include/soc/soc_caps.h
index f4325632ec..702685a50f 100644
--- a/components/soc/esp32c2/include/soc/soc_caps.h
+++ b/components/soc/esp32c2/include/soc/soc_caps.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 // ESP32-C2 has 1 I2C
 #define SOC_I2C_NUM                 (1U)
 
-#define SOC_I2C_FIFO_LEN            (32) /*!< I2C hardware FIFO depth */
+#define SOC_I2C_FIFO_LEN            (16) /*!< I2C hardware FIFO depth */
 
 // FSM_RST only resets the FSM, not using it. So SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_FSM_RST not defined.
 #define SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_CLR_BUS  (1)