diff --git a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_common_loader.c b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_common_loader.c
index 687cf3ce15..b8d426840d 100644
--- a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_common_loader.c
+++ b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_common_loader.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ esp_err_t bootloader_common_get_partition_description(const esp_partition_pos_t
 
 #if defined( CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_SKIP_VALIDATE_IN_DEEP_SLEEP ) || defined( CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_CUSTOM_RESERVE_RTC )
 
-#define RTC_RETAIN_MEM_ADDR (SOC_RTC_DATA_HIGH - sizeof(rtc_retain_mem_t))
+#define RTC_RETAIN_MEM_ADDR (SOC_RTC_DRAM_HIGH - sizeof(rtc_retain_mem_t))
 
 rtc_retain_mem_t *const rtc_retain_mem = (rtc_retain_mem_t *)RTC_RETAIN_MEM_ADDR;