diff --git a/soc/espressif/esp32c6/default.ld b/soc/espressif/esp32c6/default.ld
index 52fcf69732f..45c762e8e73 100644
--- a/soc/espressif/esp32c6/default.ld
+++ b/soc/espressif/esp32c6/default.ld
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ REGION_ALIAS("rtc_reserved_seg", lp_reserved_seg );
 /*  Default entry point:  */
 ENTRY(CONFIG_KERNEL_ENTRY)
 
+_heap_sentry = DRAM_RESERVED_START;
+
 SECTIONS
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_MCUBOOT
@@ -651,7 +653,7 @@ SECTIONS
   _image_ram_start = _iram_start;
   #include <zephyr/linker/ram-end.ld>
 
-  ASSERT(((__bss_end - ORIGIN(sram0_0_seg)) <= LENGTH(sram0_0_seg)), "DRAM segment data does not fit.")
+  ASSERT(((_end - ORIGIN(sram0_0_seg)) <= LENGTH(sram0_0_seg)), "SRAM code/data does not fit.")
 
   /* --- END OF DRAM --- */
 
diff --git a/soc/espressif/esp32c6/memory.h b/soc/espressif/esp32c6/memory.h
index 500325545f0..496ea78b73e 100644
--- a/soc/espressif/esp32c6/memory.h
+++ b/soc/espressif/esp32c6/memory.h
@@ -28,9 +28,13 @@
  */
 
 #define DRAM_BUFFERS_START       0x4086ad08
-#define DRAM_STACK_START         0x4087c610
+#define DRAM_BUFFERS_END         0x4087c610
+#define DRAM_STACK_START         DRAM_BUFFERS_END
 #define DRAM_ROM_BSS_DATA_START  0x4087e610
 
+/* Set the limit for the application runtime dynamic allocations */
+#define DRAM_RESERVED_START      DRAM_BUFFERS_END
+
 /* For safety margin between bootloader data section and startup stacks */
 #define BOOTLOADER_STACK_OVERHEAD      0x0
 /* These lengths can be adjusted, if necessary: FIXME: optimize ram usage */
@@ -44,8 +48,7 @@
 #define BOOTLOADER_USER_SRAM_END (DRAM_BUFFERS_START - BOOTLOADER_STACK_OVERHEAD)
 
 /* Start of the lower region is determined by region size and the end of the higher region */
-#define BOOTLOADER_IRAM_LOADER_SEG_START	\
-		(BOOTLOADER_USER_SRAM_END -	BOOTLOADER_IRAM_LOADER_SEG_LEN)
+#define BOOTLOADER_IRAM_LOADER_SEG_START (BOOTLOADER_USER_SRAM_END - BOOTLOADER_IRAM_LOADER_SEG_LEN)
 #define BOOTLOADER_IRAM_SEG_START (BOOTLOADER_IRAM_LOADER_SEG_START - BOOTLOADER_IRAM_SEG_LEN)
 #define BOOTLOADER_DRAM_SEG_START (BOOTLOADER_IRAM_SEG_START - BOOTLOADER_DRAM_SEG_LEN)