diff --git a/components/esp_adc/adc_continuous.c b/components/esp_adc/adc_continuous.c
index f0660c880c..ebaf348003 100644
--- a/components/esp_adc/adc_continuous.c
+++ b/components/esp_adc/adc_continuous.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -613,6 +613,21 @@ esp_err_t adc_continuous_register_event_callbacks(adc_continuous_handle_t handle
     return ESP_OK;
 }
 
+esp_err_t adc_continuous_flush_pool(adc_continuous_handle_t handle)
+{
+    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(handle, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, ADC_TAG, "invalid argument");
+    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(handle->fsm == ADC_FSM_INIT, ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE, ADC_TAG, "ADC continuous mode isn't in the init state, it's started already");
+
+    size_t actual_size = 0;
+    uint8_t *old_data = NULL;
+
+    while ((old_data = xRingbufferReceiveUpTo(handle->ringbuf_hdl, &actual_size, 0, handle->ringbuf_size))) {
+        vRingbufferReturnItem(handle->ringbuf_hdl, old_data);
+    }
+
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
+
 esp_err_t adc_continuous_io_to_channel(int io_num, adc_unit_t * const unit_id, adc_channel_t * const channel)
 {
     return adc_io_to_channel(io_num, unit_id, channel);
diff --git a/components/esp_adc/include/esp_adc/adc_continuous.h b/components/esp_adc/include/esp_adc/adc_continuous.h
index 5b49be1cf1..7f8aec4a89 100644
--- a/components/esp_adc/include/esp_adc/adc_continuous.h
+++ b/components/esp_adc/include/esp_adc/adc_continuous.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -198,6 +198,20 @@ esp_err_t adc_continuous_stop(adc_continuous_handle_t handle);
  */
 esp_err_t adc_continuous_deinit(adc_continuous_handle_t handle);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Flush the driver internal pool
+ *
+ * @note This API is not supposed to be called in an ISR context
+ *
+ * @param[in]  handle              ADC continuous mode driver handle
+ *
+ * @return
+ *         - ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE Driver state is invalid, you should call this API when it's in init state
+ *         - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG:  Invalid arguments
+ *         - ESP_OK                On success
+ */
+esp_err_t adc_continuous_flush_pool(adc_continuous_handle_t handle);
+
 /**
  * @brief Get ADC channel from the given GPIO number
  *