diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/esp_memory_utils.c b/components/esp_hw_support/esp_memory_utils.c
index 62627cbcb9..a75a769b52 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/esp_memory_utils.c
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/esp_memory_utils.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -29,6 +29,24 @@ bool esp_ptr_dma_ext_capable(const void *p)
 #endif  //CONFIG_SPIRAM
 }
 
+bool esp_ptr_executable(const void *p)
+{
+    intptr_t ip = (intptr_t) p;
+    return (ip >= SOC_IROM_LOW && ip < SOC_IROM_HIGH)
+        || (ip >= SOC_IRAM_LOW && ip < SOC_IRAM_HIGH)
+        || (ip >= SOC_IROM_MASK_LOW && ip < SOC_IROM_MASK_HIGH)
+#if SOC_SPIRAM_SUPPORTED && CONFIG_SPIRAM
+        || esp_ptr_external_ram(p)
+#endif
+#if defined(SOC_CACHE_APP_LOW) && defined(CONFIG_ESP_SYSTEM_SINGLE_CORE_MODE)
+        || (ip >= SOC_CACHE_APP_LOW && ip < SOC_CACHE_APP_HIGH)
+#endif
+#if SOC_RTC_FAST_MEM_SUPPORTED
+        || (ip >= SOC_RTC_IRAM_LOW && ip < SOC_RTC_IRAM_HIGH)
+#endif
+    ;
+}
+
 bool esp_ptr_byte_accessible(const void *p)
 {
     intptr_t ip = (intptr_t) p;
diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_memory_utils.h b/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_memory_utils.h
index 4b3a5db4ca..08485750af 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_memory_utils.h
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/include/esp_memory_utils.h
@@ -246,21 +246,7 @@ inline static bool esp_ptr_word_aligned(const void *p)
  *
  * @return true: is executable; false: not executable
  */
-__attribute__((always_inline))
-inline static bool esp_ptr_executable(const void *p)
-{
-    intptr_t ip = (intptr_t) p;
-    return (ip >= SOC_IROM_LOW && ip < SOC_IROM_HIGH)
-        || (ip >= SOC_IRAM_LOW && ip < SOC_IRAM_HIGH)
-        || (ip >= SOC_IROM_MASK_LOW && ip < SOC_IROM_MASK_HIGH)
-#if defined(SOC_CACHE_APP_LOW) && defined(CONFIG_ESP_SYSTEM_SINGLE_CORE_MODE)
-        || (ip >= SOC_CACHE_APP_LOW && ip < SOC_CACHE_APP_HIGH)
-#endif
-#if SOC_RTC_FAST_MEM_SUPPORTED
-        || (ip >= SOC_RTC_IRAM_LOW && ip < SOC_RTC_IRAM_HIGH)
-#endif
-    ;
-}
+bool esp_ptr_executable(const void *p);
 
 /**
  * @brief Check if the pointer is byte accessible