diff --git a/components/esp_driver_sdspi/test_apps/sdspi/main/test_app_main.c b/components/esp_driver_sdspi/test_apps/sdspi/main/test_app_main.c
index 274579059d..b165025bc9 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_sdspi/test_apps/sdspi/main/test_app_main.c
+++ b/components/esp_driver_sdspi/test_apps/sdspi/main/test_app_main.c
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@
 
 void setUp(void)
 {
+    printf("%s", ""); /* sneakily lazy-allocate the reent structure for this test task */
     unity_utils_record_free_mem();
 }
 
 void tearDown(void)
 {
+    esp_reent_cleanup();
     unity_utils_evaluate_leaks_direct(TEST_MEMORY_LEAK_THRESHOLD);
 }
 
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_sdspi/test_apps/sdspi/pytest_sdspi.py b/components/esp_driver_sdspi/test_apps/sdspi/pytest_sdspi.py
index f2d30a8c2d..1364f7e91d 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_sdspi/test_apps/sdspi/pytest_sdspi.py
+++ b/components/esp_driver_sdspi/test_apps/sdspi/pytest_sdspi.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
-
 from pytest_embedded_idf import IdfDut
 
 
 def test_sdspi(dut: IdfDut) -> None:
-    dut.run_all_single_board_cases()
+    dut.run_all_single_board_cases(reset=True)