diff --git a/components/esp_driver_sdspi/test_apps/sdspi/components/sdspi_tests/sdmmc_test_begin_end_spi.c b/components/esp_driver_sdspi/test_apps/sdspi/components/sdspi_tests/sdmmc_test_begin_end_spi.c
index 2ab040bfce..53cb1f08fa 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_sdspi/test_apps/sdspi/components/sdspi_tests/sdmmc_test_begin_end_spi.c
+++ b/components/esp_driver_sdspi/test_apps/sdspi/components/sdspi_tests/sdmmc_test_begin_end_spi.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include "sd_protocol_defs.h"
 #include "sdmmc_cmd.h"
 #include "sdmmc_test_begin_end_spi.h"
+#include "sd_pwr_ctrl.h"
+#include "sd_pwr_ctrl_by_on_chip_ldo.h"
 
 void sdmmc_test_spi_skip_if_board_incompatible(int slot, int freq_khz)
 {
@@ -59,6 +61,17 @@ void sdmmc_test_spi_begin(int slot, int freq_khz, sdmmc_card_t *out_card)
 
     config.max_freq_khz = freq_khz;
 
+#if SOC_SDMMC_IO_POWER_EXTERNAL
+#define SDMMC_PWR_LDO_CHANNEL   4
+    sd_pwr_ctrl_ldo_config_t ldo_config = {
+        .ldo_chan_id = SDMMC_PWR_LDO_CHANNEL,
+    };
+    sd_pwr_ctrl_handle_t pwr_ctrl_handle = NULL;
+
+    TEST_ESP_OK(sd_pwr_ctrl_new_on_chip_ldo(&ldo_config, &pwr_ctrl_handle));
+    config.pwr_ctrl_handle = pwr_ctrl_handle;
+#endif
+
     sdmmc_test_board_card_power_set(true);
     TEST_ESP_OK(spi_bus_initialize(dev_config.host_id, &bus_config, SPI_DMA_CH_AUTO));
     TEST_ESP_OK(sdspi_host_init());
@@ -91,4 +104,8 @@ void sdmmc_test_spi_end(int slot, sdmmc_card_t *card)
     esp_log_level_set("gpio", old_level);
 
     sdmmc_test_board_card_power_set(false);
+
+#if SOC_SDMMC_IO_POWER_EXTERNAL
+    TEST_ESP_OK(sd_pwr_ctrl_del_on_chip_ldo(card->host.pwr_ctrl_handle));
+#endif
 }