diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/core.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32/core.cpp
index 5249f4a59e..1819fdbaad 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/core.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/core.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "esphome/core/application.h"
 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #include "preferences.h"
+#include <esp_attr.h>
 #include <freertos/FreeRTOS.h>
 #include <freertos/task.h>
 
@@ -14,10 +15,14 @@ extern "C" __attribute__((weak)) void initArduino() {}
 namespace esphome {
 
 // HAL functions live in hal.cpp. This file keeps only the loop task setup.
-TaskHandle_t loop_task_handle = nullptr;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
-static StaticTask_t loop_task_tcb;        // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
-static StackType_t
-    loop_task_stack[ESPHOME_LOOP_TASK_STACK_SIZE];  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+// Force the static TCB and stack into internal DRAM. Otherwise the linker may
+// place them in PSRAM under configs like CONFIG_SPIRAM_ALLOW_BSS_SEG_EXTERNAL_MEMORY,
+// which is unsafe when CONFIG_SPIRAM_XIP_FROM_PSRAM is enabled because the running
+// task's stack must be reachable while the flash cache is disabled.
+TaskHandle_t loop_task_handle = nullptr;        // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+static StaticTask_t DRAM_ATTR loop_task_tcb{};  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+static StackType_t DRAM_ATTR
+    loop_task_stack[ESPHOME_LOOP_TASK_STACK_SIZE]{};  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 
 void loop_task(void *pv_params) {
   setup();