diff --git a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_common_loader.c b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_common_loader.c
index 12c643f4bab..53f43bd6940 100644
--- a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_common_loader.c
+++ b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_common_loader.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static void update_rtc_retain_mem_crc(void)
     rtc_retain_mem->crc = esp_rom_crc32_le(UINT32_MAX, (uint8_t*)rtc_retain_mem, rtc_retain_mem_size());
 }
 
-void bootloader_common_reset_rtc_retain_mem(void)
+NOINLINE_ATTR void bootloader_common_reset_rtc_retain_mem(void)
 {
     #pragma GCC diagnostic push
     #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wstringop-overflow"
diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/bootloader_sections/sdkconfig.ci.rtc_retain b/tools/test_apps/system/bootloader_sections/sdkconfig.ci.rtc_retain
index 3ba7ab36b7d..54769817557 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/bootloader_sections/sdkconfig.ci.rtc_retain
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/bootloader_sections/sdkconfig.ci.rtc_retain
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_SKIP_VALIDATE_IN_DEEP_SLEEP=y
+CONFIG_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_PERF=y