diff --git a/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c b/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
index 7a5ee46bb0..e5350695ef 100644
--- a/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
+++ b/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017-2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -728,6 +728,11 @@ esp_err_t esp_https_ota_perform(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle)
             }
             esp_ota_set_final_partition(handle->update_handle, handle->partition.final, handle->partition.finalize_with_copy);
             handle->state = ESP_HTTPS_OTA_IN_PROGRESS;
+
+            if (handle->partition.final->type != ESP_PARTITION_TYPE_APP
+                && handle->partition.final->type != ESP_PARTITION_TYPE_BOOTLOADER) {
+                return ESP_ERR_HTTPS_OTA_IN_PROGRESS;
+            }
             /* In case `esp_https_ota_get_img_desc` was invoked first,
                then the image data read there should be written to OTA partition
                */