diff --git a/components/esp_driver_i2c/i2c_master.c b/components/esp_driver_i2c/i2c_master.c
index c31dbe4ded..356ff1a0c0 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_i2c/i2c_master.c
+++ b/components/esp_driver_i2c/i2c_master.c
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ static esp_err_t i2c_master_bus_destroy(i2c_master_bus_handle_t bus_handle)
             free(i2c_master->i2c_async_ops);
             for (int i = 0; i < I2C_TRANS_QUEUE_MAX; i++) {
                 if (i2c_master->trans_queues[i]) {
-                    vQueueDelete(i2c_master->trans_queues[i]);
+                    vQueueDeleteWithCaps(i2c_master->trans_queues[i]);
                 }
             }
             bus_handle = NULL;
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ esp_err_t i2c_new_master_bus(const i2c_master_bus_config_t *bus_config, i2c_mast
         ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(i2c_master->queues_storage, ESP_ERR_NO_MEM, TAG, "no mem for queue storage");
         i2c_transaction_t **pp_trans_desc = (i2c_transaction_t **)i2c_master->queues_storage;
         for (int i = 0; i < I2C_TRANS_QUEUE_MAX; i++) {
-            i2c_master->trans_queues[i] = xQueueCreate(bus_config->trans_queue_depth, sizeof(i2c_transaction_t));
+            i2c_master->trans_queues[i] = xQueueCreateWithCaps(bus_config->trans_queue_depth, sizeof(i2c_transaction_t), I2C_MEM_ALLOC_CAPS);
 
             pp_trans_desc += bus_config->trans_queue_depth;
             // sanity check
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ esp_err_t i2c_master_bus_add_device(i2c_master_bus_handle_t bus_handle, const i2
     i2c_dev->ack_check_disable = dev_config->flags.disable_ack_check;
     i2c_dev->scl_wait_us = (dev_config->scl_wait_us == 0) ? I2C_LL_SCL_WAIT_US_VAL_DEFAULT : dev_config->scl_wait_us;
 
-    i2c_master_device_list_t *device_item = (i2c_master_device_list_t *)calloc(1, sizeof(i2c_master_device_list_t));
+    i2c_master_device_list_t *device_item = (i2c_master_device_list_t *)heap_caps_calloc(1, sizeof(i2c_master_device_list_t), I2C_MEM_ALLOC_CAPS);
     ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE((device_item != NULL), ESP_ERR_NO_MEM, err, TAG, "no memory for i2c device item`");
     device_item->device = i2c_dev;
     xSemaphoreTake(bus_handle->bus_lock_mux, portMAX_DELAY);
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_i2c/test_apps/i2c_test_apps/main/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_driver_i2c/test_apps/i2c_test_apps/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f653da9ae..0727e6f18b 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_i2c/test_apps/i2c_test_apps/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_driver_i2c/test_apps/i2c_test_apps/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ if(CONFIG_PM_POWER_DOWN_CPU_IN_LIGHT_SLEEP AND CONFIG_IEEE802154_ENABLED)
 endif()
 
 idf_component_register(SRCS ${srcs}
-                       PRIV_REQUIRES unity driver test_utils ieee802154
+                       PRIV_REQUIRES unity driver test_utils ieee802154 esp_psram
                        WHOLE_ARCHIVE)
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_i2c/test_apps/i2c_test_apps/sdkconfig.defaults.esp32c5 b/components/esp_driver_i2c/test_apps/i2c_test_apps/sdkconfig.defaults.esp32c5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5df612aa4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_driver_i2c/test_apps/i2c_test_apps/sdkconfig.defaults.esp32c5
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CONFIG_SPIRAM=y
+CONFIG_SPIRAM_SPEED_80M=y
+CONFIG_SPIRAM_MALLOC_ALWAYSINTERNAL=0