diff --git a/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32/bootloader.ld b/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32/bootloader.ld
index 6d1264687b..dd2e887e3c 100644
--- a/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32/bootloader.ld
+++ b/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32/bootloader.ld
@@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ 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/esp32s2/bootloader.ld b/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32s2/bootloader.ld
index ec08995e1e..93f1cc7eb0 100644
--- a/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32s2/bootloader.ld
+++ b/components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32s2/bootloader.ld
@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ 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 da082d014b..d5a7b401b8 100644
--- a/components/esp32/ld/esp32.project.ld.in
+++ b/components/esp32/ld/esp32.project.ld.in
@@ -335,6 +335,14 @@ 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/esp32s2/ld/esp32s2.project.ld.in b/components/esp32s2/ld/esp32s2.project.ld.in
index 4da0db6123..878339850c 100644
--- a/components/esp32s2/ld/esp32s2.project.ld.in
+++ b/components/esp32s2/ld/esp32s2.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(.);
     _instruction_reserved_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
     _etext = .;