diff --git a/components/soc/test/CMakeLists.txt b/components/soc/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 619190b156..c64b31f1b9 100644
--- a/components/soc/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/soc/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ idf_build_get_property(soc_name IDF_TARGET)
 
 get_filename_component(soc_test "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../${soc_name}/test" ABSOLUTE)
 if(EXISTS "${soc_test}")
-    set(srcs "${soc_test}")
+    set(src_dirs "${soc_test}")
     set(include_dirs "${soc_test}")
 endif()