diff --git a/tt_metal/impl/debug/sanitize_noc_host.hpp b/tt_metal/impl/debug/sanitize_noc_host.hpp
index 860bb2fca591..e8bc762646d5 100644
--- a/tt_metal/impl/debug/sanitize_noc_host.hpp
+++ b/tt_metal/impl/debug/sanitize_noc_host.hpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace tt {
 #define DEBUG_VALID_WORKER_ADDR(a, l) (DEBUG_VALID_L1_ADDR(a, l) || (DEBUG_VALID_REG_ADDR(a) && (l) == 4))
 #define DEBUG_VALID_DRAM_ADDR(a, l, b, e) (((a) >= b) && ((a) + (l) <= e))
 
-#define DEBUG_VALID_ETH_ADDR(a, l) (((a) >= HAL_MEM_ETH_BASE) && ((a) + (l) <= HAL_MEM_ETH_BASE + HAL_MEM_ETH_SIZE))
+#define DEBUG_VALID_ETH_ADDR(a, l) ((((a) >= HAL_MEM_ETH_BASE) && ((a) + (l) <= HAL_MEM_ETH_BASE + HAL_MEM_ETH_SIZE)) || (DEBUG_VALID_REG_ADDR(a) && (l) == 4))
 
 static bool coord_found_p(std::vector<CoreCoord> coords, CoreCoord core) {
     for (CoreCoord item : coords) {
diff --git a/tt_metal/llrt/blackhole/bh_hal.cpp b/tt_metal/llrt/blackhole/bh_hal.cpp
index 5c6513a264ad..82ace5647bb1 100644
--- a/tt_metal/llrt/blackhole/bh_hal.cpp
+++ b/tt_metal/llrt/blackhole/bh_hal.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ void Hal::initialize_bh() {
              (addr < NOC_OVERLAY_START_ADDR + NOC_STREAM_REG_SPACE_SIZE * NOC_NUM_STREAMS)) ||
             ((addr >= NOC0_REGS_START_ADDR) && (addr < NOC0_REGS_START_ADDR + 0x1000)) ||
             ((addr >= NOC1_REGS_START_ADDR) && (addr < NOC1_REGS_START_ADDR + 0x1000)) ||
-            (addr == RISCV_DEBUG_REG_SOFT_RESET_0));
+            (addr == RISCV_DEBUG_REG_SOFT_RESET_0) ||
+            (addr== 0xFFB14000 || addr == 0xFFB14008));  // used to program start addr for eth FW
     };
 
     this->noc_xy_encoding_func_ = [](uint32_t x, uint32_t y) { return NOC_XY_ENCODING(x, y); };