diff --git a/components/esp_common/component.mk b/components/esp_common/component.mk
index d01f1253f6..64c67abcc5 100644
--- a/components/esp_common/component.mk
+++ b/components/esp_common/component.mk
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS := include
 COMPONENT_SRCDIRS := src
 
 # disable stack protection in files which are involved in initialization of that feature
-stack_check.o: CFLAGS := $(filter-out -fstack-protector%, $(CFLAGS))
+src/stack_check.o: CFLAGS := $(filter-out -fstack-protector%, $(CFLAGS))