diff --git a/components/esp_psram/esp_psram.c b/components/esp_psram/esp_psram.c
index 1201540dc3..09f2b43dab 100644
--- a/components/esp_psram/esp_psram.c
+++ b/components/esp_psram/esp_psram.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "esp_psram.h"
 #include "esp_private/esp_mmu_map_private.h"
 #include "esp_mmu_map.h"
-
+#include "esp_private/startup_internal.h"
 #if CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32
 #include "esp32/himem.h"
 #include "esp32/rom/cache.h"
@@ -82,6 +82,23 @@ typedef struct {
 static psram_ctx_t s_psram_ctx;
 static const char* TAG = "esp_psram";
 
+ESP_SYSTEM_INIT_FN(init_psram, CORE, BIT(0), 103)
+{
+#if CONFIG_SPIRAM_BOOT_INIT && (CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_CAPS_ALLOC || CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC)
+    if (esp_psram_is_initialized()) {
+        esp_err_t r = esp_psram_extram_add_to_heap_allocator();
+        if (r != ESP_OK) {
+            ESP_EARLY_LOGE(TAG, "External RAM could not be added to heap!");
+            abort();
+        }
+#if CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC
+        heap_caps_malloc_extmem_enable(CONFIG_SPIRAM_MALLOC_ALWAYSINTERNAL);
+#endif
+    }
+#endif
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
+
 #if CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32
 //If no function in esp_himem.c is used, this function will be linked into the
 //binary instead of the one in esp_himem.c, automatically making sure no memory
diff --git a/components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c b/components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c
index db6509889b..a4b33ba653 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c
+++ b/components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@
 #include "hal/brownout_ll.h"
 #endif
 
-#if CONFIG_SPIRAM
-#include "esp_psram.h"
-#include "esp_private/esp_psram_extram.h"
-#endif
-
 // Using the same tag as in startup.c to keep the logs unchanged
 static const char* TAG = "cpu_start";
 
@@ -68,23 +63,6 @@ ESP_SYSTEM_INIT_FN(init_show_cpu_freq, CORE, BIT(0), 10)
     return ESP_OK;
 }
 
-ESP_SYSTEM_INIT_FN(init_psram_heap, CORE, BIT(0), 103)
-{
-#if CONFIG_SPIRAM_BOOT_INIT && (CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_CAPS_ALLOC || CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC)
-    if (esp_psram_is_initialized()) {
-        esp_err_t r = esp_psram_extram_add_to_heap_allocator();
-        if (r != ESP_OK) {
-            ESP_EARLY_LOGE(TAG, "External RAM could not be added to heap!");
-            abort();
-        }
-#if CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC
-        heap_caps_malloc_extmem_enable(CONFIG_SPIRAM_MALLOC_ALWAYSINTERNAL);
-#endif
-    }
-#endif
-    return ESP_OK;
-}
-
 ESP_SYSTEM_INIT_FN(init_brownout, CORE, BIT(0), 104)
 {
     // [refactor-todo] leads to call chain rtc_is_register (driver) -> esp_intr_alloc (esp32/esp32s2) ->
diff --git a/components/esp_system/system_init_fn.txt b/components/esp_system/system_init_fn.txt
index beb3c458df..e633707452 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/system_init_fn.txt
+++ b/components/esp_system/system_init_fn.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ CORE: 100: init_heap in components/heap/heap_caps_init.c on BIT(0)
 CORE: 101: esp_timer_init_nonos in components/esp_timer/src/esp_timer_init.c on BIT(0)
 
 CORE: 102: init_newlib in components/newlib/newlib_init.c on BIT(0)
-CORE: 103: init_psram_heap in components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c on BIT(0)
+CORE: 103: init_psram in components/esp_psram/esp_psram.c on BIT(0)
 CORE: 104: init_brownout in components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c on BIT(0)
 CORE: 105: init_newlib_time in components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c on BIT(0)