diff --git a/components/driver/include/driver/spi_master.h b/components/driver/include/driver/spi_master.h
index 04f4c06994..099f3b7573 100644
--- a/components/driver/include/driver/spi_master.h
+++ b/components/driver/include/driver/spi_master.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct spi_transaction_t {
         void *rx_buffer;            ///< Pointer to receive buffer, or NULL for no MISO phase. Written by 4 bytes-unit if DMA is used.
         uint8_t rx_data[4];         ///< If SPI_USE_RXDATA is set, data is received directly to this variable
     };
-};
+} ;        //the rx data should start from a 32-bit aligned address to get around dma issue.
 
 
 typedef struct spi_device_t* spi_device_handle_t;  ///< Handle for a device on a SPI bus
diff --git a/components/driver/spi_master.c b/components/driver/spi_master.c
index e6175ebae9..0e42be78f7 100644
--- a/components/driver/spi_master.c
+++ b/components/driver/spi_master.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ esp_err_t spi_device_queue_trans(spi_device_handle_t handle, spi_transaction_t *
         //if not use RXDATA neither rx_buffer, buffer_to_rcv assigned to NULL
         trans_buf.buffer_to_rcv = trans_desc->rx_buffer;
     }
-    if ( trans_buf.buffer_to_rcv && handle->host->dma_chan && !esp_ptr_dma_capable( trans_buf.buffer_to_rcv )) {
+    if ( trans_buf.buffer_to_rcv && handle->host->dma_chan && (!esp_ptr_dma_capable( trans_buf.buffer_to_rcv ) || ((int)trans_buf.buffer_to_rcv%4!=0)) ) {
         //if rxbuf in the desc not DMA-capable, malloc a new one
         trans_buf.buffer_to_rcv = heap_caps_malloc((trans_desc->rxlength+7)/8, MALLOC_CAP_DMA);
         if ( trans_buf.buffer_to_rcv==NULL ) return ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;