diff --git a/components/soc/esp32/rtc_sleep.c b/components/soc/esp32/rtc_sleep.c
index d8d643bb4..aef995cbf 100644
--- a/components/soc/esp32/rtc_sleep.c
+++ b/components/soc/esp32/rtc_sleep.c
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ void rtc_sleep_init(rtc_sleep_config_t cfg)
         SET_PERI_REG_MASK(RTC_CNTL_OPTIONS0_REG, RTC_CNTL_BIAS_FORCE_NOSLEEP);
     }
 
+    /* enable VDDSDIO control by state machine */
+    REG_CLR_BIT(RTC_CNTL_SDIO_CONF_REG, RTC_CNTL_SDIO_FORCE);
+    REG_SET_BIT(RTC_CNTL_SDIO_CONF_REG, RTC_CNTL_SDIO_PD_EN);
+
     REG_SET_FIELD(RTC_CNTL_REG, RTC_CNTL_DBIAS_SLP, cfg.rtc_dbias_slp);
     REG_SET_FIELD(RTC_CNTL_REG, RTC_CNTL_DBIAS_WAK, cfg.rtc_dbias_wak);
     REG_SET_FIELD(RTC_CNTL_REG, RTC_CNTL_DIG_DBIAS_WAK, cfg.dig_dbias_wak);