diff --git a/components/driver/i2c.c b/components/driver/i2c.c
index 8148cde439..d7bf4b95fb 100644
--- a/components/driver/i2c.c
+++ b/components/driver/i2c.c
@@ -476,6 +476,14 @@ static void IRAM_ATTR i2c_isr_handler_default(void *arg)
 {
     i2c_obj_t *p_i2c = (i2c_obj_t *) arg;
     int i2c_num = p_i2c->i2c_num;
+    // Interrupt protection.
+    // On C3 and S3 targets, the I2C may trigger a spurious interrupt,
+    // in order to detect these false positive, check the I2C's hardware interrupt mask
+    uint32_t int_mask;
+    i2c_hal_get_intsts_mask(&(i2c_context[i2c_num].hal), &int_mask);
+    if (int_mask == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
     i2c_intr_event_t evt_type = I2C_INTR_EVENT_ERR;
     portBASE_TYPE HPTaskAwoken = pdFALSE;
     if (p_i2c->mode == I2C_MODE_MASTER) {
@@ -499,6 +507,9 @@ static void IRAM_ATTR i2c_isr_handler_default(void *arg)
             if (p_i2c->status != I2C_STATUS_ACK_ERROR && p_i2c->status != I2C_STATUS_IDLE) {
                 i2c_master_cmd_begin_static(i2c_num);
             }
+        } else {
+            // Do nothing if there is no proper event.
+            return;
         }
         i2c_cmd_evt_t evt = {
             .type = I2C_CMD_EVT_ALIVE
@@ -596,6 +607,8 @@ static esp_err_t i2c_master_clear_bus(i2c_port_t i2c_num)
  **/
 static esp_err_t i2c_hw_fsm_reset(i2c_port_t i2c_num)
 {
+// A workaround for avoiding cause timeout issue when using
+// hardware reset.
 #if !SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_FSM_RST
     int scl_low_period, scl_high_period;
     int scl_start_hold, scl_rstart_setup;
diff --git a/components/soc/esp32c3/include/soc/soc_caps.h b/components/soc/esp32c3/include/soc/soc_caps.h
index a564972a56..9051c1b4c8 100644
--- a/components/soc/esp32c3/include/soc/soc_caps.h
+++ b/components/soc/esp32c3/include/soc/soc_caps.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 
 #define SOC_I2C_FIFO_LEN            (32) /*!< I2C hardware FIFO depth */
 
-#define SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_FSM_RST  (1)
+// FSM_RST only resets the FSM, not using it. So SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_FSM_RST not defined.
 #define SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_CLR_BUS  (1)
 
 #define SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_XTAL        (1)
diff --git a/components/soc/esp32h2/include/soc/soc_caps.h b/components/soc/esp32h2/include/soc/soc_caps.h
index 629834b868..a480ff561f 100644
--- a/components/soc/esp32h2/include/soc/soc_caps.h
+++ b/components/soc/esp32h2/include/soc/soc_caps.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 
 #define SOC_I2C_FIFO_LEN            (32) /*!< I2C hardware FIFO depth */
 
-#define SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_FSM_RST  (1)
+// FSM_RST only resets the FSM, not using it. So SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_FSM_RST not defined.
 #define SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_CLR_BUS  (1)
 
 #define SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_XTAL        (1)
diff --git a/components/soc/esp32s2/include/soc/soc_caps.h b/components/soc/esp32s2/include/soc/soc_caps.h
index 5fe0382d9e..60d240c44d 100644
--- a/components/soc/esp32s2/include/soc/soc_caps.h
+++ b/components/soc/esp32s2/include/soc/soc_caps.h
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@
 
 #define SOC_I2C_FIFO_LEN       (32) /*!< I2C hardware FIFO depth */
 
-//ESP32-S2 support hardware FSM reset
-#define SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_FSM_RST  (1)
+// FSM_RST only resets the FSM, not using it. So SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_FSM_RST not defined.
 //ESP32-S2 support hardware clear bus
 #define SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_CLR_BUS  (1)
 
diff --git a/components/soc/esp32s3/include/soc/i2c_caps.h b/components/soc/esp32s3/include/soc/i2c_caps.h
index 71ef195bb0..6e566ca01a 100644
--- a/components/soc/esp32s3/include/soc/i2c_caps.h
+++ b/components/soc/esp32s3/include/soc/i2c_caps.h
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define SOC_I2C_FIFO_LEN       (32) /*!< I2C hardware FIFO depth */
 
-//ESP32-S3 support hardware FSM reset
-#define SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_FSM_RST  (1)
+// FSM_RST only resets the FSM, not using it. So SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_FSM_RST not defined.
 //ESP32-S3 support hardware clear bus
 #define SOC_I2C_SUPPORT_HW_CLR_BUS  (1)