diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/rules.yml b/.gitlab/ci/rules.yml
index 9fab5014d9..9cf84cf871 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/rules.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/rules.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
   - "tools/ci/check_esp_memory_utils_headers.sh"
   - "tools/ci/check_blobs.sh"
   - "tools/ci/check_public_headers.py"
+  - "tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.cmake"
+  - "tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.py"
 
 .patterns-host_test: &patterns-host_test
   - ".gitlab/ci/host-test.yml"
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_gptimer/test_apps/gptimer/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_driver_gptimer/test_apps/gptimer/CMakeLists.txt
index ba96212bd0..6e95a94e77 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_gptimer/test_apps/gptimer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_driver_gptimer/test_apps/gptimer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ if(CONFIG_COMPILER_DUMP_RTL_FILES)
                       DEPENDS ${elf}
                       )
 endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Checking gptimer registers are not read-write by half-word")
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.cmake)
+check_register_rw_half_word(SOC_MODULES "timer_group" "pcr" "hp_sys_clkrst"
+                            HAL_MODULES "timer")
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_i2c/test_apps/i2c_test_apps/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_driver_i2c/test_apps/i2c_test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ebe26f85d..ec730ed174 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_i2c/test_apps/i2c_test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_driver_i2c/test_apps/i2c_test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ if(CONFIG_COMPILER_DUMP_RTL_FILES)
                         DEPENDS ${elf}
                         )
 endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Checking i2c registers are not read-write by half-word")
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.cmake)
+check_register_rw_half_word(SOC_MODULES "i2c" "pcr" "hp_sys_clkrst" "lpperi" "lp_clkrst"
+                            HAL_MODULES "i2c")
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_jpeg/test_apps/jpeg_test_apps/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_driver_jpeg/test_apps/jpeg_test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d8fd6dc23..0de9616eba 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_jpeg/test_apps/jpeg_test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_driver_jpeg/test_apps/jpeg_test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ project(jpeg_test)
 target_add_binary_data(jpeg_test.elf "${IDF_PATH}/examples/peripherals/jpeg/jpeg_decode/resources/esp720.jpg" BINARY)
 target_add_binary_data(jpeg_test.elf "${IDF_PATH}/examples/peripherals/jpeg/jpeg_decode/resources/esp1080.jpg" BINARY)
 target_add_binary_data(jpeg_test.elf "resources/esp480.rgb" BINARY)
+
+message(STATUS "Checking jpeg 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 "jpeg" "hp_sys_clkrst"
+                            HAL_MODULES "jpeg")
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_mcpwm/test_apps/mcpwm/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_driver_mcpwm/test_apps/mcpwm/CMakeLists.txt
index 9bd915a8ce..6a3fcc3a30 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_mcpwm/test_apps/mcpwm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_driver_mcpwm/test_apps/mcpwm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ if(CONFIG_COMPILER_DUMP_RTL_FILES)
                       DEPENDS ${elf}
                       )
 endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Checking mcpwm registers are not read-write by half-word")
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.cmake)
+check_register_rw_half_word(SOC_MODULES "mcpwm" "pcr" "hp_sys_clkrst"
+                            HAL_MODULES "mcpwm")
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_parlio/test_apps/parlio/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_driver_parlio/test_apps/parlio/CMakeLists.txt
index 91e4cdb68b..1848fb89df 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_parlio/test_apps/parlio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_driver_parlio/test_apps/parlio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ if(CONFIG_COMPILER_DUMP_RTL_FILES)
                       DEPENDS ${elf}
                       )
 endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Checking parlio registers are not read-write by half-word")
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.cmake)
+check_register_rw_half_word(SOC_MODULES "parl*io" "pcr" "hp_sys_clkrst"
+                            HAL_MODULES "parlio")
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_ppa/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_driver_ppa/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
index dde4141943..903732e97e 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_ppa/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_driver_ppa/test_apps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 set(COMPONENTS main)
 
 project(ppa_test)
+
+message(STATUS "Checking ppa 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 "ppa" "hp_sys_clkrst"
+                            HAL_MODULES "ppa")
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_rmt/test_apps/rmt/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_driver_rmt/test_apps/rmt/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c44dbcf33..aec93de5d1 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_rmt/test_apps/rmt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_driver_rmt/test_apps/rmt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ if(CONFIG_COMPILER_DUMP_RTL_FILES)
                       DEPENDS ${elf}
                       )
 endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Checking rmt registers are not read-write by half-word")
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.cmake)
+check_register_rw_half_word(SOC_MODULES "rmt" "pcr" "hp_sys_clkrst"
+                            HAL_MODULES "rmt")
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_sdio/test_apps/sdio/sdio_common_tests/sdio/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_driver_sdio/test_apps/sdio/sdio_common_tests/sdio/CMakeLists.txt
index 40ea327d0b..f5becedb87 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_sdio/test_apps/sdio/sdio_common_tests/sdio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_driver_sdio/test_apps/sdio/sdio_common_tests/sdio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS
 
 include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(sdio)
+
+message(STATUS "Checking sdio registers are not read-write by half-word")
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.cmake)
+check_register_rw_half_word(SOC_MODULES "host" "hinf" "slc" "pcr"
+                            HAL_MODULES "sdio")
diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/test_apps/dma/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_hw_support/test_apps/dma/CMakeLists.txt
index 42e63786a1..52d2103edf 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/test_apps/dma/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/test_apps/dma/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 set(COMPONENTS main esp_psram)
 
 project(dma_test)
+
+message(STATUS "Checking dma registers are not read-write by half-word")
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.cmake)
+check_register_rw_half_word(SOC_MODULES "*gdma" "pcr" "hp_sys_clkrst"
+                            HAL_MODULES "*gdma")
diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/test_apps/etm/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_hw_support/test_apps/etm/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d009db679..4505a9f1a0 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/test_apps/etm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/test_apps/etm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 set(COMPONENTS main esp_pm)
 
 project(etm_test)
+
+message(STATUS "Checking etm 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 "*etm" "pcr" "hp_sys_clkrst"
+                            HAL_MODULES "etm")
diff --git a/components/esp_lcd/test_apps/mipi_dsi_lcd/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_lcd/test_apps/mipi_dsi_lcd/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a4ba3eaaa..30d912b096 100644
--- a/components/esp_lcd/test_apps/mipi_dsi_lcd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_lcd/test_apps/mipi_dsi_lcd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ if(CONFIG_COMPILER_DUMP_RTL_FILES)
                       DEPENDS ${elf}
                       )
 endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Checking mipi_dsi registers are not read-write by half-word")
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.cmake)
+check_register_rw_half_word(SOC_MODULES "*dsi*" "hp_sys_clkrst"
+                            HAL_MODULES "*dsi*")
diff --git a/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.cmake b/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a7cc2890e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+function(check_register_rw_half_word)
+    set(options)
+    set(oneValueArgs)
+    set(multiValueArgs SOC_MODULES HAL_MODULES)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(ARG "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
+
+    if(NOT ARG_SOC_MODULES)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "SOC_MODULES are required")
+    endif()
+
+    if(NOT ARG_HAL_MODULES)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "HAL_MODULES are required")
+    endif()
+
+    idf_build_get_property(python PYTHON)
+    idf_build_get_property(idf_target IDF_TARGET)
+
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${python} $ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.py
+                          --target-chip ${idf_target}
+                          --soc-modules ${ARG_SOC_MODULES}
+                          --hal-modules ${ARG_HAL_MODULES}
+        RESULT_VARIABLE result
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE output
+        ERROR_VARIABLE error
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        ERROR_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+    )
+
+    if(result)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "${output}")
+    endif()
+endfunction()
diff --git a/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.py b/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a5aa569dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci/check_register_rw_half_word.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import argparse
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Iterator
+from typing import List
+
+idf_path = os.environ.get('IDF_PATH', None)
+
+
+def find_files(base_path: str, patterns: List[str]) -> Iterator[Path]:
+    for pattern in patterns:
+        yield from Path(base_path).rglob(f'**/{pattern}')
+
+
+def read_and_capture_suspicious_fields(file_path: Path) -> List[str]:
+    with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
+        content = file.read()
+    captures = re.findall(r'uint32_t\s+(\w+)\s*:\s*(16|8)\s*;', content)
+    return [capture[0] for capture in captures if not capture[0].startswith('reserve')]
+
+
+def main(
+    target_chip: str, soc_module_patterns: List[str], hal_module_patterns: List[str]
+) -> None:
+    soc_path = f'{idf_path}/components/soc/{target_chip}/'
+    hal_path = f'{idf_path}/components/hal/{target_chip}/'
+    struct_file_patterns = [f'{pattern}_struct.h' for pattern in soc_module_patterns]
+    ll_file_patterns = [f'{pattern}_ll.h' for pattern in hal_module_patterns]
+
+    # Find `xxx_struct.h` files and `hal/yyy_ll.h` files
+    struct_files = find_files(soc_path, struct_file_patterns)
+
+    no_violation_found = True
+    for struct_file in struct_files:
+        # Capture suspicious fields from `xxx_struct.h`
+        captures = read_and_capture_suspicious_fields(struct_file)
+        # if no suspicious fields found, continue to next struct file
+        if not captures:
+            continue
+
+        # check if any of the captured fields are being read/written as half-words
+        ll_files = find_files(hal_path, ll_file_patterns)
+        for ll_file in ll_files:
+            with open(ll_file, 'r') as f:
+                content = f.read()
+                for capture in captures:
+                    error_usages = [f'.{capture}', f'->{capture}']
+                    for error_usage in error_usages:
+                        word_bound_pattern = rf'{re.escape(error_usage)}\b'
+                        # print the line number where the error_usage is found
+                        for match in re.finditer(word_bound_pattern, content, re.MULTILINE):
+                            no_violation_found = False
+                            start_line = content.count('\n', 0, match.start()) + 1
+                            print(
+                                f'Found pattern {error_usage} at line {start_line} in file {ll_file}'
+                            )
+
+    if no_violation_found:
+        print('No violations found')
+    else:
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if idf_path is None:
+        print('IDF_PATH must be set before running this script', file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Check if any register fields are being read/written as half-words.'
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--target-chip',
+        type=str,
+        required=True,
+        help='The name of the chip. e.g. esp32s3',
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--soc-modules',
+        required=True,
+        type=str,
+        nargs='+',  # allow multiple soc modules
+        help='Name pattern for the SOC module. e.g. spi means spi_struct.h',
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--hal-modules',
+        required=True,
+        type=str,
+        nargs='+',  # allow multiple hal modules
+        help='Name pattern for the HAL module. e.g. spi means spi_ll.h',
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    main(args.target_chip, args.soc_modules, args.hal_modules)