diff --git a/components/spi_flash/esp_flash_spi_init.c b/components/spi_flash/esp_flash_spi_init.c
index ad519a8297..ad94931a98 100644
--- a/components/spi_flash/esp_flash_spi_init.c
+++ b/components/spi_flash/esp_flash_spi_init.c
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ static IRAM_ATTR NOINLINE_ATTR void cs_initialize(esp_flash_t *chip, const esp_f
     //initialization, disable the cache temporarily
     chip->os_func->start(chip->os_func_data);
     if (use_iomux) {
+        // This requires `gpio_iomux_in` and `gpio_iomux_out` to be in the IRAM.
+        // `linker.lf` is used fulfill this requirement.
         gpio_iomux_in(cs_io_num, spics_in);
         gpio_iomux_out(cs_io_num, spics_func, false);
     } else {
diff --git a/components/spi_flash/linker.lf b/components/spi_flash/linker.lf
index efd5875d57..a31658712f 100644
--- a/components/spi_flash/linker.lf
+++ b/components/spi_flash/linker.lf
@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ entries:
     spi_flash_chip_gd(noflash)
     memspi_host_driver (noflash)
 
+# `spi_bus_add_flash_device` uses these functions when the cache is disabled
+[mapping:driver_spiflash]
+archive: libdriver.a
+entries:
+    gpio:gpio_iomux_out (noflash)
+    gpio:gpio_iomux_in (noflash)