diff --git a/components/esp_rom/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_rom/CMakeLists.txt
index b7db4945b2..714a36c61a 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_rom/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ else() # Regular app build
                 # Instead, those functions can be used from the toolchain by ESP-IDF.
                 target_linker_script(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-funcs-time.ld")
             endif()
-        endif()
 
-        if(CONFIG_NEWLIB_NANO_FORMAT)
-            list(APPEND scripts "esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-nano.ld")
+            # Include in newlib nano from ROM only if SPIRAM cache workaround is disabled
+            if(CONFIG_NEWLIB_NANO_FORMAT)
+                list(APPEND scripts "esp32/ld/esp32.rom.newlib-nano.ld")
+            endif()
+
         endif()
 
         if(NOT CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_ROM_DRIVER_PATCH)
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/component.mk b/components/esp_rom/component.mk
index f53b155963..8c99306c9d 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/component.mk
+++ b/components/esp_rom/component.mk
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ LINKER_SCRIPTS += esp32.rom.ld \
 #workaround is not enabled.
 ifndef CONFIG_SPIRAM_CACHE_WORKAROUND
 LINKER_SCRIPTS += esp32.rom.newlib-funcs.ld
-endif
 
+# Include in newlib nano from ROM only if SPIRAM cache workaround is disabled
 ifdef CONFIG_NEWLIB_NANO_FORMAT
 LINKER_SCRIPTS += esp32.rom.newlib-nano.ld
 endif
 
+endif #CONFIG_SPIRAM_CACHE_WORKAROUND
+
 ifndef CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_ROM_DRIVER_PATCH
 LINKER_SCRIPTS += esp32.rom.spiflash.ld
 endif