diff --git a/components/spiffs/CMakeLists.txt b/components/spiffs/CMakeLists.txt
index 11a346ce92..10c041badd 100644
--- a/components/spiffs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/spiffs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ idf_component_register(SRCS ${srcs}
 # Upstream SPIFFS code uses format specifiers in debug logging macros inconsistently
 list(TRANSFORM original_srcs PREPEND "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/")
 set_source_files_properties(${original_srcs} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -Wno-format)
+
+get_source_file_property(nucleus_cc_flags "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/spiffs/src/spiffs_nucleus.c" COMPILE_FLAGS)
+set_source_files_properties("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/spiffs/src/spiffs_nucleus.c" PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${nucleus_cc_flags} -Wno-tautological-compare")