diff --git a/components/heap/heap_caps_init.c b/components/heap/heap_caps_init.c
index af1e27df4..d675e408d 100644
--- a/components/heap/heap_caps_init.c
+++ b/components/heap/heap_caps_init.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ esp_err_t heap_caps_add_region_with_caps(const uint32_t caps[], intptr_t start,
         }
     }
 
-    heap_t *p_new = malloc(sizeof(heap_t));
+    heap_t *p_new = heap_caps_malloc(sizeof(heap_t), MALLOC_CAP_INTERNAL|MALLOC_CAP_8BIT);
     if (p_new == NULL) {
         err = ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
         goto done;