diff --git a/components/esp_psram/esp32/esp_psram_impl_quad.c b/components/esp_psram/esp32/esp_psram_impl_quad.c
index b7e802cef0..ec3a079f76 100644
--- a/components/esp_psram/esp32/esp_psram_impl_quad.c
+++ b/components/esp_psram/esp32/esp_psram_impl_quad.c
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ esp_err_t IRAM_ATTR esp_psram_impl_enable(void)   //psram init
         psram_io.psram_cs_io  = D2WD_PSRAM_CS_IO;
     } else if (pkg_ver == EFUSE_RD_CHIP_VER_PKG_ESP32PICOD4 && ESP_CHIP_REV_ABOVE(efuse_hal_chip_revision(), 300)) {
         ESP_EARLY_LOGE(TAG, "This chip is ESP32-PICO-V3. It does not support PSRAM (disable it in Kconfig)");
-        abort();
+        return ESP_FAIL;
     } else if ((pkg_ver == EFUSE_RD_CHIP_VER_PKG_ESP32PICOD4) || (pkg_ver == EFUSE_RD_CHIP_VER_PKG_ESP32U4WDH)) {
         ESP_EARLY_LOGI(TAG, "This chip is %s",
                        (pkg_ver == EFUSE_RD_CHIP_VER_PKG_ESP32PICOD4) ? "ESP32-PICO" : "ESP32-U4WDH");