diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/esp_memory_utils.c b/components/esp_hw_support/esp_memory_utils.c
index a75a769b52..a2539da92e 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/esp_memory_utils.c
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/esp_memory_utils.c
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ bool esp_ptr_byte_accessible(const void *p)
     intptr_t ip = (intptr_t) p;
     bool r;
     r = (ip >= SOC_BYTE_ACCESSIBLE_LOW && ip < SOC_BYTE_ACCESSIBLE_HIGH);
+#if SOC_MEM_TCM_SUPPORTED
+    r |= esp_ptr_in_tcm(p);
+#endif
 #if CONFIG_ESP_SYSTEM_ALLOW_RTC_FAST_MEM_AS_HEAP
     /* For ESP32 case, RTC fast memory is accessible to PRO cpu only and hence
      * for single core configuration (where it gets added to system heap) following
diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_memory_utils.h b/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_memory_utils.h
index e664623539..0379c76a84 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_memory_utils.h
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_memory_utils.h
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ inline static bool esp_ptr_internal(const void *p) {
     bool r;
     r = ((intptr_t)p >= SOC_MEM_INTERNAL_LOW && (intptr_t)p < SOC_MEM_INTERNAL_HIGH);
 
+#if SOC_MEM_TCM_SUPPORTED
+    r |= esp_ptr_in_tcm(p);
+#endif
+
 #if SOC_RTC_SLOW_MEM_SUPPORTED
     r |= ((intptr_t)p >= SOC_RTC_DATA_LOW && (intptr_t)p < SOC_RTC_DATA_HIGH);
 #endif