diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/Kconfig b/components/esp_hw_support/Kconfig
index a0b51b48499..5a626dfbec4 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/Kconfig
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/Kconfig
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ menu "Hardware Settings"
     menu "Peripheral Control"
         config ESP_PERIPH_CTRL_FUNC_IN_IRAM
             bool "Place peripheral control functions into IRAM"
-            default n
+            default y
             help
                 Place peripheral control functions (e.g. periph_module_reset) into IRAM,
                 so that these functions can be IRAM-safe and able to be called in the other IRAM interrupt context.