diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/linker.lf b/components/esp_hw_support/linker.lf
index 68323fbaf9..4856746c46 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/linker.lf
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/linker.lf
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ archive: libsoc.a
 entries:
     if PM_POWER_DOWN_PERIPHERAL_IN_LIGHT_SLEEP && ESP_SLEEP_FLASH_LEAKAGE_WORKAROUND:
         gpio_periph: GPIO_HOLD_MASK (noflash)
+    if PM_SLP_IRAM_OPT = y:
+        if IDF_TARGET_ESP32 = y:
+            rtc_io_periph:rtc_io_desc (noflash_data)
diff --git a/components/esp_wifi/lib b/components/esp_wifi/lib
index a62cf923ac..2b0bccda5c 160000
--- a/components/esp_wifi/lib
+++ b/components/esp_wifi/lib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a62cf923ac20bc8ceeb489ce4c32941caead9a0d
+Subproject commit 2b0bccda5cd4e3f5b8b26b3c2fb947331898bdff
diff --git a/components/soc/esp32/rtc_io_periph.c b/components/soc/esp32/rtc_io_periph.c
index b3e9df3d06..198a7b06de 100644
--- a/components/soc/esp32/rtc_io_periph.c
+++ b/components/soc/esp32/rtc_io_periph.c
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
+#include "esp_attr.h"
 #include "soc/rtc_periph.h"
 #include "soc/rtc_io_reg.h"
 
-const int8_t rtc_io_num_map[SOC_GPIO_PIN_COUNT] = {
+DRAM_ATTR const int8_t rtc_io_num_map[SOC_GPIO_PIN_COUNT] = {
     RTCIO_GPIO0_CHANNEL,    //GPIO0
     -1,//GPIO1
     RTCIO_GPIO2_CHANNEL,    //GPIO2
diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/src/ap/sta_info.c b/components/wpa_supplicant/src/ap/sta_info.c
index 0894486373..28daefb547 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/src/ap/sta_info.c
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/src/ap/sta_info.c
@@ -173,15 +173,14 @@ struct sta_info * ap_sta_add(struct hostapd_data *hapd, const u8 *addr)
 	/* initialize STA info data */
 	os_memcpy(sta->addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	sta->next = hapd->sta_list;
-	hapd->sta_list = sta;
-	hapd->num_sta++;
-	ap_sta_hash_add(hapd, sta);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SAE
 	sta->sae_commit_processing = false;
 	sta->remove_pending = false;
 	sta->lock = os_semphr_create(1, 1);
 #endif /* CONFIG_SAE */
-
+	hapd->sta_list = sta;
+	hapd->num_sta++;
+	ap_sta_hash_add(hapd, sta);
 	return sta;
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/wifi/power_save/sdkconfig.ci.default b/examples/wifi/power_save/sdkconfig.ci.default
index 4054e1490a..fb291f2d8a 100644
--- a/examples/wifi/power_save/sdkconfig.ci.default
+++ b/examples/wifi/power_save/sdkconfig.ci.default
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 CONFIG_EXAMPLE_GET_AP_INFO_FROM_STDIN=y
+CONFIG_ESP_SLEEP_CACHE_SAFE_ASSERTION=y