diff --git a/components/esp32/test/test_backtrace.c b/components/esp32/test/test_backtrace.c
index 2c1f4d8737..1520a8dde0 100644
--- a/components/esp32/test/test_backtrace.c
+++ b/components/esp32/test/test_backtrace.c
@@ -69,3 +69,15 @@ TEST_CASE("Test backtrace from interrupt watchdog timeout", "[reset_reason][rese
     backtrace_trigger_source = ACTION_INT_WDT;
     recursive_func(RECUR_DEPTH, SW_ISR_LEVEL_1);    //Trigger lvl 1 SW interrupt at max recursive depth
 }
+
+static void write_char_crash(char c)
+{
+    ets_write_char_uart(c);
+    *(char*) 0x00000001 = 0;
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Test backtrace with a ROM function", "[reset_reason][reset=StoreProhibited,SW_CPU_RESET]")
+{
+    ets_install_putc1(&write_char_crash);
+    ets_printf("foo");
+}
diff --git a/components/heap/include/heap_trace.inc b/components/heap/include/heap_trace.inc
index a51b07a6ab..38285f131b 100644
--- a/components/heap/include/heap_trace.inc
+++ b/components/heap/include/heap_trace.inc
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ inline static uint32_t get_ccount(void)
     return ccount;
 }
 
+/* Architecture-specific return value of __builtin_return_address which
+ * should be interpreted as an invalid address.
+ */
+#ifdef __XTENSA__
+#define HEAP_ARCH_INVALID_PC  0x40000000
+#else
+#define HEAP_ARCH_INVALID_PC  0x00000000
+#endif
+
 // Caller is 2 stack frames deeper than we care about
 #define STACK_OFFSET  2
 
@@ -33,8 +42,9 @@ inline static uint32_t get_ccount(void)
         if (STACK_DEPTH == N) {                                         \
             return;                                                     \
         }                                                               \
-        callers[N] = __builtin_return_address(N+STACK_OFFSET);                \
-        if (!esp_ptr_executable(callers[N])) {                          \
+        callers[N] = __builtin_return_address(N+STACK_OFFSET);          \
+        if (!esp_ptr_executable(callers[N])                             \
+            || callers[N] == (void*) HEAP_ARCH_INVALID_PC) {            \
             return;                                                     \
         }                                                               \
     } while(0)