diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
index da6512f745..259cf22c84 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ config ARCH_CHIP_ESP32
 	select ARCH_HAVE_MULTICPU
 	select ARCH_HAVE_MODULE_TEXT
 	select ARCH_HAVE_SDRAM
-	select ARCH_HAVE_HEAP2
 	select ARCH_HAVE_RESET
 	select ARCH_TOOLCHAIN_GNU
 	---help---
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/Kconfig
index 96b8234d6c..cf7e4049a3 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/Kconfig
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ config ESP32_SPI3
 config ESP32_SPIRAM
 	bool "SPI RAM Support"
 	default n
+	select ARCH_HAVE_HEAP2
 
 if ESP32_SPIRAM && SMP