diff --git a/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32/bootloader.ld b/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32/bootloader.ld
index f4dc192c0b..52aafe3f93 100644
--- a/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32/bootloader.ld
+++ b/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32/bootloader.ld
@@ -165,6 +165,14 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.fini.literal)
     *(.fini)
     *(.gnu.version)
+
+    /** CPU will try to prefetch up to 16 bytes of
+      * of instructions. This means that any configuration (e.g. MMU, PMS) must allow
+      * safe access to up to 16 bytes after the last real instruction, add
+      * dummy bytes to ensure this
+      */
+    . += 16;
+
     _text_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
     _etext = .;
   } > iram_seg
diff --git a/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32s2beta/bootloader.ld b/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32s2beta/bootloader.ld
index ab74c72eff..c3b31ded30 100644
--- a/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32s2beta/bootloader.ld
+++ b/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32s2beta/bootloader.ld
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.fini.literal)
     *(.fini)
     *(.gnu.version)
+
+    /** CPU will try to prefetch up to 16 bytes of
+      * of instructions. This means that any configuration (e.g. MMU, PMS) must allow
+      * safe access to up to 16 bytes after the last real instruction, add
+      * dummy bytes to ensure this
+      */
+    . += 16;
+
     _text_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
     _etext = .;
   } > iram_seg
diff --git a/components/esp32/ld/esp32.project.ld.in b/components/esp32/ld/esp32.project.ld.in
index 4934f86c92..85c22572bb 100644
--- a/components/esp32/ld/esp32.project.ld.in
+++ b/components/esp32/ld/esp32.project.ld.in
@@ -324,6 +324,14 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.fini.literal)
     *(.fini)
     *(.gnu.version)
+
+    /** CPU will try to prefetch up to 16 bytes of
+      * of instructions. This means that any configuration (e.g. MMU, PMS) must allow
+      * safe access to up to 16 bytes after the last real instruction, add
+      * dummy bytes to ensure this
+      */
+    . += 16;
+
     _text_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
     _etext = .;
 
diff --git a/components/esp32s2beta/ld/esp32s2beta.project.ld.in b/components/esp32s2beta/ld/esp32s2beta.project.ld.in
index a455e2e7d0..c379c85239 100644
--- a/components/esp32s2beta/ld/esp32s2beta.project.ld.in
+++ b/components/esp32s2beta/ld/esp32s2beta.project.ld.in
@@ -321,6 +321,14 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.fini.literal)
     *(.fini)
     *(.gnu.version)
+
+    /** CPU will try to prefetch up to 16 bytes of
+      * of instructions. This means that any configuration (e.g. MMU, PMS) must allow
+      * safe access to up to 16 bytes after the last real instruction, add
+      * dummy bytes to ensure this
+      */
+    . += 16;
+
     _text_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
     _etext = .;