diff --git a/components/esp_eth/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_eth/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e4b7ad8d3..66d496fdf0 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_eth/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ project(esp_eth_test)
 
 idf_component_get_property(lib esp_eth COMPONENT_LIB)
 target_compile_options(${lib} PRIVATE "-fsanitize=undefined" "-fno-sanitize=shift-base")
+
+message(STATUS "Checking emac registers are not read-write by half-word")
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.cmake)
+check_register_rw_half_word(SOC_MODULES "emac*" "hp_system" "hp_sys_clkrst" "lp_clkrst"
+                            HAL_MODULES "emac*")