diff --git a/components/esp_system/port/cpu_start.c b/components/esp_system/port/cpu_start.c
index 3a5cf86494..7988d5d6e0 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/port/cpu_start.c
+++ b/components/esp_system/port/cpu_start.c
@@ -372,11 +372,19 @@ void IRAM_ATTR call_start_cpu0(void)
     }
 
 #if CONFIG_ESP_ROM_NEEDS_SET_CACHE_MMU_SIZE
+#if CONFIG_APP_BUILD_TYPE_ELF_RAM
+    // For RAM loadable ELF case, we don't need to reserve IROM/DROM as instructions and data
+    // are all in internal RAM. If the RAM loadable ELF has any requirement to memory map the
+    // external flash then it should use flash or partition mmap APIs.
+    uint32_t cache_mmu_irom_size = 0;
+    __attribute__((unused)) uint32_t cache_mmu_drom_size = 0;
+#else // CONFIG_APP_BUILD_TYPE_ELF_RAM
     uint32_t _instruction_size = (uint32_t)&_instruction_reserved_end - (uint32_t)&_instruction_reserved_start;
     uint32_t cache_mmu_irom_size = ((_instruction_size + SPI_FLASH_MMU_PAGE_SIZE - 1) / SPI_FLASH_MMU_PAGE_SIZE) * sizeof(uint32_t);
 
     uint32_t _rodata_size = (uint32_t)&_rodata_reserved_end - (uint32_t)&_rodata_reserved_start;
     __attribute__((unused)) uint32_t cache_mmu_drom_size = ((_rodata_size + SPI_FLASH_MMU_PAGE_SIZE - 1) / SPI_FLASH_MMU_PAGE_SIZE) * sizeof(uint32_t);
+#endif // !CONFIG_APP_BUILD_TYPE_ELF_RAM
 
     /* Configure the Cache MMU size for instruction and rodata in flash. */
     Cache_Set_IDROM_MMU_Size(cache_mmu_irom_size, CACHE_DROM_MMU_MAX_END - cache_mmu_irom_size);
diff --git a/components/spi_flash/Kconfig b/components/spi_flash/Kconfig
index 0560ed937e..1383f8b79d 100644
--- a/components/spi_flash/Kconfig
+++ b/components/spi_flash/Kconfig
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ menu "SPI Flash driver"
 
     choice SPI_FLASH_DANGEROUS_WRITE
         bool  "Writing to dangerous flash regions"
+        default SPI_FLASH_DANGEROUS_WRITE_ALLOWED if APP_BUILD_TYPE_RAM
         default SPI_FLASH_DANGEROUS_WRITE_ABORTS
         help
             SPI flash APIs can optionally abort or return a failure code
diff --git a/docs/en/api-reference/peripherals/spi_flash/spi_flash_idf_vs_rom.rst b/docs/en/api-reference/peripherals/spi_flash/spi_flash_idf_vs_rom.rst
index 43a3ca7878..a51d0315d6 100644
--- a/docs/en/api-reference/peripherals/spi_flash/spi_flash_idf_vs_rom.rst
+++ b/docs/en/api-reference/peripherals/spi_flash/spi_flash_idf_vs_rom.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Feature Supported by ESP-IDF but not in Chip-ROM
     - :ref:`CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_VERIFY_WRITE`, enabling this option helps you detect bad writing.
     - :ref:`CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_LOG_FAILED_WRITE`, enabling this option will print the bad writing.
     - :ref:`CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_WARN_SETTING_ZERO_TO_ONE`, enabling this option will check if you're writing zero to one.
+    - :ref:`CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_DANGEROUS_WRITE`, enabling this option will check for flash programming to certain protected regions like bootloader, partition table or application itself.
     :esp32h2 or esp32c6: - Flash MMAP driver isn't ready in Chip-ROM.
 
 
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/ram_loadable_app/main/ram_loadable_app_test.c b/tools/test_apps/system/ram_loadable_app/main/ram_loadable_app_test.c
index 6daa76aa67..fa96f283ee 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/ram_loadable_app/main/ram_loadable_app_test.c
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/ram_loadable_app/main/ram_loadable_app_test.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include "sdkconfig.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
@@ -12,6 +13,10 @@
 #include "esp_chip_info.h"
 #include "hal/mmu_hal.h"
 #include "soc/soc.h"
+#include "unity.h"
+#include "spi_flash_mmap.h"
+#include "esp_flash.h"
+#include "esp_err.h"
 
 #if !CONFIG_APP_BUILD_TYPE_PURE_RAM_APP
 
@@ -35,6 +40,30 @@ static void s_test_ext_vaddr(void)
         assert(my_var || my_var == 0);
     }
 }
+
+static void s_test_flash_mmap_data_integrity(void)
+{
+    char src_p_1[32] = "Test data pattern 123456789";
+    char src_p_2[32] = "Test data pattern 987654321";
+    char buf[32];
+    const int addr = 0x10000;
+
+    spi_flash_mmap_handle_t handle1;
+    const void *ptr1;
+    TEST_ESP_OK(spi_flash_mmap(addr, SPI_FLASH_SEC_SIZE, SPI_FLASH_MMAP_DATA, &ptr1, &handle1));
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_flash_erase_region(NULL, addr, SPI_FLASH_SEC_SIZE));
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_flash_write(NULL, src_p_1, addr, sizeof(src_p_1)));
+    memcpy(buf, ptr1, sizeof(buf));
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, memcmp(buf, src_p_1, sizeof(buf)));
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_flash_erase_region(NULL, addr, SPI_FLASH_SEC_SIZE));
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_flash_write(NULL, src_p_2, addr, sizeof(src_p_2)));
+    memcpy(buf, ptr1, sizeof(buf));
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, memcmp(buf, src_p_2, sizeof(buf)));
+    spi_flash_munmap(handle1);
+}
+
 #endif //#if !CONFIG_APP_BUILD_TYPE_PURE_RAM_APP
 
 void app_main(void)
@@ -56,6 +85,7 @@ void app_main(void)
 
 #if !CONFIG_APP_BUILD_TYPE_PURE_RAM_APP
     s_test_ext_vaddr();
+    s_test_flash_mmap_data_integrity();
 #endif
 
     uint32_t uptime = 0;
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/ram_loadable_app/pytest_ram_loadable_app.py b/tools/test_apps/system/ram_loadable_app/pytest_ram_loadable_app.py
index 8068351016..2d3eb0e223 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/ram_loadable_app/pytest_ram_loadable_app.py
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/ram_loadable_app/pytest_ram_loadable_app.py
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ def test_pure_ram_loadable_app(dut: IdfDut) -> None:
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('config', ['defaults',], indirect=True,)
 def test_ram_loadable_app(dut: IdfDut) -> None:
     dut.expect('spi_flash: detected chip', timeout=10)
-    dut.expect('Time since boot: 3 seconds...', timeout=10)
+    dut.expect('Time since boot: 3 seconds...', timeout=30)