diff --git a/components/esp_system/port/soc/esp32p4/system_internal.c b/components/esp_system/port/soc/esp32p4/system_internal.c
index 702642d91a9..8d8f627384d 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/port/soc/esp32p4/system_internal.c
+++ b/components/esp_system/port/soc/esp32p4/system_internal.c
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ void esp_system_reset_modules_on_exit(void)
     SET_PERI_REG_MASK(LP_CLKRST_HP_SDMMC_EMAC_RST_CTRL_REG, LP_CLKRST_RST_EN_SDMMC);
     CLEAR_PERI_REG_MASK(LP_CLKRST_HP_SDMMC_EMAC_RST_CTRL_REG, LP_CLKRST_RST_EN_SDMMC);
 
+    // Likewise the EMAC DMA: its descriptor ring and receive buffers live in the
+    // heap, so a receive left running across a restart writes incoming frames
+    // into memory the next boot has already handed out.
+    SET_PERI_REG_MASK(LP_CLKRST_HP_SDMMC_EMAC_RST_CTRL_REG, LP_CLKRST_RST_EN_EMAC);
+    CLEAR_PERI_REG_MASK(LP_CLKRST_HP_SDMMC_EMAC_RST_CTRL_REG, LP_CLKRST_RST_EN_EMAC);
+
     // Reset crypto peripherals. This ensures a clean state for the crypto peripherals after a CPU restart
     // and hence avoiding any possibility with crypto failure in ROM security workflows.
     SET_PERI_REG_MASK(HP_SYS_CLKRST_HP_RST_EN2_REG, HP_SYS_CLKRST_REG_RST_EN_CRYPTO);