diff --git a/components/esp_driver_sdmmc/test_apps/sd_test_utils/components/common_test_flows/sdmmc_test_rw_common.c b/components/esp_driver_sdmmc/test_apps/sd_test_utils/components/common_test_flows/sdmmc_test_rw_common.c
index 360928efd8..b883e00435 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_sdmmc/test_apps/sd_test_utils/components/common_test_flows/sdmmc_test_rw_common.c
+++ b/components/esp_driver_sdmmc/test_apps/sd_test_utils/components/common_test_flows/sdmmc_test_rw_common.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void sdmmc_test_rw_performance(sdmmc_card_t *card, FILE *perf_log)
     do_single_rw_perf_test(card, offset, 1, 1, perf_log, 0);
     do_single_rw_perf_test(card, offset, 8, 1, perf_log, 0);
     do_single_rw_perf_test(card, offset, 128, 1, perf_log, 0);
-#if CONFIG_SPIRAM && SOC_SDMMC_PSRAM_DMA_CAPABLE
+#if CONFIG_SPIRAM
     /* spiram */
     do_single_rw_perf_test(card, offset, 1, 4, perf_log, MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM);
     do_single_rw_perf_test(card, offset, 4, 4, perf_log, MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM);
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_sdmmc/test_apps/sdmmc/components/sdmmc_tests/sdmmc_test_rw_sd.c b/components/esp_driver_sdmmc/test_apps/sdmmc/components/sdmmc_tests/sdmmc_test_rw_sd.c
index b8740ff533..942bae84b7 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_sdmmc/test_apps/sdmmc/components/sdmmc_tests/sdmmc_test_rw_sd.c
+++ b/components/esp_driver_sdmmc/test_apps/sdmmc/components/sdmmc_tests/sdmmc_test_rw_sd.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ TEST_CASE("sdmmc read/write performance, slot 0, 8-bit", "[sdmmc]")
     do_one_sdmmc_perf_test(SLOT_0, 8, SDMMC_FREQ_HIGHSPEED, NO_DDR, NULL);
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("sdmmc read/write performance, slot 1, 1-bit", "[sdmmc]")
+{
+    do_one_sdmmc_perf_test(SLOT_1, 1, SDMMC_FREQ_HIGHSPEED, NO_DDR, NULL);
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("sdmmc read/write performance, slot 1, 4-bit", "[sdmmc]")
 {
     /* Set up in-memory file for collecting performance logs */
diff --git a/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_cmd.c b/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_cmd.c
index 08e5cf3d1c..fb18a9d696 100644
--- a/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_cmd.c
+++ b/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_cmd.c
@@ -408,7 +408,11 @@ esp_err_t sdmmc_write_sectors(sdmmc_card_t* card, const void* src,
 #ifdef SOC_SDMMC_PSRAM_DMA_CAPABLE
     dma_mem_info.extra_heap_caps |= MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM;
 #endif
-    if (esp_dma_is_buffer_alignment_satisfied(src, block_size * block_count, dma_mem_info)) {
+    if (esp_dma_is_buffer_alignment_satisfied(src, block_size * block_count, dma_mem_info)
+        #if !SOC_SDMMC_PSRAM_DMA_CAPABLE
+            && !esp_ptr_external_ram(src)
+        #endif
+    ) {
         err = sdmmc_write_sectors_dma(card, src, start_block, block_count, block_size * block_count);
     } else {
         // SDMMC peripheral needs DMA-capable buffers. Split the write into
@@ -531,7 +535,11 @@ esp_err_t sdmmc_read_sectors(sdmmc_card_t* card, void* dst,
     size_t block_size = card->csd.sector_size;
     esp_dma_mem_info_t dma_mem_info;
     card->host.get_dma_info(card->host.slot, &dma_mem_info);
-    if (esp_dma_is_buffer_alignment_satisfied(dst, block_size * block_count, dma_mem_info)) {
+    if (esp_dma_is_buffer_alignment_satisfied(dst, block_size * block_count, dma_mem_info)
+        #if !SOC_SDMMC_PSRAM_DMA_CAPABLE
+            && !esp_ptr_external_ram(dst)
+        #endif
+    ) {
         err = sdmmc_read_sectors_dma(card, dst, start_block, block_count, block_size * block_count);
     } else {
         // SDMMC peripheral needs DMA-capable buffers. Split the read into