diff --git a/tools/cmakev2/component.cmake b/tools/cmakev2/component.cmake
index 0b169753b2..e6bab67a6d 100644
--- a/tools/cmakev2/component.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmakev2/component.cmake
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ function(__set_component_cmakev1_properties component_name)
     get_target_property(component_sources "${component_real_target}" SOURCES)
     if(component_sources)
         __get_absolute_paths(PATHS "${component_sources}" BASE_DIR "${component_dir}" OUTPUT sources)
-        idf_component_set_property("${component_name}" SOURCES "${sources}")
+        idf_component_set_property("${component_name}" SRCS "${sources}")
         idf_component_set_property("${component_name}" COMPONENT_TYPE LIBRARY)
     else()
         idf_component_set_property("${component_name}" COMPONENT_TYPE CONFIG_ONLY)