diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/test_apps/pytest_nvs_flash.py b/components/nvs_flash/test_apps/pytest_nvs_flash.py
index bfd5bc5941..406bba61e0 100644
--- a/components/nvs_flash/test_apps/pytest_nvs_flash.py
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/test_apps/pytest_nvs_flash.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
 import pytest
 from pytest_embedded_idf.dut import IdfDut
 
diff --git a/examples/storage/nvs_rw_value/pytest_nvs_rw_value.py b/examples/storage/nvs_rw_value/pytest_nvs_rw_value.py
index a04d33a383..6d918b130a 100644
--- a/examples/storage/nvs_rw_value/pytest_nvs_rw_value.py
+++ b/examples/storage/nvs_rw_value/pytest_nvs_rw_value.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from pytest_embedded import Dut
 @pytest.mark.esp32c3
 @pytest.mark.generic
 def test_examples_nvs_rw_value(dut: Dut) -> None:
+    dut.serial.erase_flash()
+    dut.serial.flash()
     for i, counter_state in zip_longest(range(4), ('The value is not initialized yet!',), fillvalue='Done'):
         dut.expect('Opening Non-Volatile Storage \\(NVS\\) handle... Done', timeout=20)
         dut.expect('Reading restart counter from NVS ... {}'.format(counter_state), timeout=20)
diff --git a/examples/storage/nvs_rw_value_cxx/pytest_nvs_rw_value_cxx.py b/examples/storage/nvs_rw_value_cxx/pytest_nvs_rw_value_cxx.py
index b085002ae3..1666d62c4d 100644
--- a/examples/storage/nvs_rw_value_cxx/pytest_nvs_rw_value_cxx.py
+++ b/examples/storage/nvs_rw_value_cxx/pytest_nvs_rw_value_cxx.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from pytest_embedded import Dut
 @pytest.mark.esp32c3
 @pytest.mark.generic
 def test_examples_nvs_rw_value_cxx(dut: Dut) -> None:
+    dut.serial.erase_flash()
+    dut.serial.flash()
     for i, counter_state in zip_longest(range(4), ('The value is not initialized yet!',), fillvalue='Done'):
         dut.expect('Opening Non-Volatile Storage \\(NVS\\) handle... Done', timeout=20)
         dut.expect('Reading restart counter from NVS ... {}'.format(counter_state), timeout=20)