diff --git a/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_sha.c b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_sha.c
index 5de67eaa56..fcd81ae978 100644
--- a/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_sha.c
+++ b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_sha.c
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ static void core_dump_sha256_start(core_dump_sha_ctx_t *sha_ctx)
 static void core_dump_sha256_update(core_dump_sha_ctx_t *sha_ctx, const void *data, size_t data_len)
 {
     // set software mode of SHA calculation
+#if CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HARDWARE_SHA
     sha_ctx->ctx.mode = ESP_MBEDTLS_SHA256_SOFTWARE;
+#endif
     mbedtls_sha256_update(&sha_ctx->ctx, data, data_len);
 }