diff --git a/components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c b/components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c
index ecd5d20943..db6509889b 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c
+++ b/components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "esp_check.h"
 #include "esp_system.h"
 #include "esp_log.h"
-#include "esp_heap_caps_init.h"
 #include "spi_flash_mmap.h"
 #include "esp_flash_internal.h"
 #include "esp_newlib.h"
@@ -69,12 +68,6 @@ ESP_SYSTEM_INIT_FN(init_show_cpu_freq, CORE, BIT(0), 10)
     return ESP_OK;
 }
 
-ESP_SYSTEM_INIT_FN(init_heap, CORE, BIT(0), 100)
-{
-    heap_caps_init();
-    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)
diff --git a/components/esp_system/system_init_fn.txt b/components/esp_system/system_init_fn.txt
index 73054148e7..beb3c458df 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/system_init_fn.txt
+++ b/components/esp_system/system_init_fn.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ CORE:  21: init_efuse_show_app_info in components/efuse/src/esp_efuse_startup.c
 # With SPI RAM enabled, there's a second reason: half of the SPI RAM will be managed by the
 # app CPU, and when that is not up yet, the memory will be inaccessible and heap_caps_init may
 # fail initializing it properly.
-CORE: 100: init_heap in components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c on BIT(0)
+CORE: 100: init_heap in components/heap/heap_caps_init.c on BIT(0)
 
 # When apptrace module is enabled, there will be SEGGER_SYSVIEW calls in the newlib init.
 # SEGGER_SYSVIEW relies on apptrace module
diff --git a/components/heap/heap_caps_init.c b/components/heap/heap_caps_init.c
index 134378af00..3e842367d2 100644
--- a/components/heap/heap_caps_init.c
+++ b/components/heap/heap_caps_init.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -14,11 +14,19 @@
 #include "esp_heap_caps_init.h"
 #include "heap_memory_layout.h"
 
+#include "esp_private/startup_internal.h"
+
 static const char *TAG = "heap_init";
 
 /* Linked-list of registered heaps */
 struct registered_heap_ll registered_heaps;
 
+ESP_SYSTEM_INIT_FN(init_heap, CORE, BIT(0), 100)
+{
+    heap_caps_init();
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
+
 static void register_heap(heap_t *region)
 {
     size_t heap_size = region->end - region->start;