diff --git a/components/esp_system/stack_check.c b/components/esp_system/stack_check.c
index f7ae331393..89de27b3d8 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/stack_check.c
+++ b/components/esp_system/stack_check.c
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@ __esp_stack_guard_setup (void)
     __stack_chk_guard = (void *)esp_random();
 }
 
-void __stack_chk_fail (void)
+IRAM_ATTR void __stack_chk_fail (void)
 {
-    esp_rom_printf("\r\nStack smashing protect failure!\r\n\r\n");
-    abort();
+    esp_system_abort(DRAM_STR("Stack smashing protect failure!"));
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/components/heap/test_apps/sdkconfig.defaults b/components/heap/test_apps/sdkconfig.defaults
index 2fbcda0f36..bbd0363cd0 100644
--- a/components/heap/test_apps/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/components/heap/test_apps/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_COMPILER_DUMP_RTL_FILES=y
 CONFIG_ESP_TASK_WDT_CHECK_IDLE_TASK_CPU0=n
 CONFIG_ESP_SYSTEM_MEMPROT_FEATURE=n # memory protection needs to be disabled for certain tests
+
+CONFIG_COMPILER_STACK_CHECK_MODE_ALL=y
+CONFIG_COMPILER_STACK_CHECK=y