diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_w5500.c b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_w5500.c
index 2a40332eec8..e590d7df50b 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_w5500.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/esp_eth_mac_w5500.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ static esp_err_t w5500_verify_id(emac_w5500_t *emac)
     esp_err_t ret = ESP_OK;
     uint8_t version = 0;
     ESP_GOTO_ON_ERROR(w5500_read(emac, W5500_REG_VERSIONR, &version, sizeof(version)), err, TAG, "read VERSIONR failed");
-    // W5500 doesn't have chip ID, we just print the version number instead
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "version=%x", version);
+    // W5500 doesn't have chip ID, we check the version number instead
+    ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE(version == W5500_CHIP_VERSION, ESP_ERR_INVALID_VERSION, err, TAG, "invalid chip version, expected 0x%x, actual 0x%x", W5500_CHIP_VERSION, version);
 
 err:
     return ret;
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/w5500.h b/components/esp_eth/src/w5500.h
index 4460f7a8de5..ba0a1156df1 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/w5500.h
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/w5500.h
@@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
-// Copyright 2020 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
 
 #define W5500_ADDR_OFFSET (16) // Address length
 #define W5500_BSB_OFFSET  (3)  // Block Select Bits offset
 #define W5500_RWB_OFFSET  (2)  // Read Write Bits offset
 
+#define W5500_CHIP_VERSION (0x4) // Chip version that VERSIONR returns
+
 #define W5500_BSB_COM_REG        (0x00)    // Common Register
 #define W5500_BSB_SOCK_REG(s)    ((s)*4+1) // Socket Register
 #define W5500_BSB_SOCK_TX_BUF(s) ((s)*4+2) // Socket TX Buffer
diff --git a/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt b/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
index d785f8c208a..c4f694fdce9 100644
--- a/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
+++ b/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ components/console/linenoise/linenoise.c
 components/console/linenoise/linenoise.h
 components/esp_eth/src/dm9051.h
 components/esp_eth/src/ksz8851.h
-components/esp_eth/src/w5500.h
 components/esp_eth/test_apps/component_ut_test.py
 components/esp_eth/test_apps/main/esp_eth_test.c
 components/esp_event/esp_event_private.c