diff --git a/app/overlays/lnl/fpga_overlay.conf b/app/overlays/lnl/fpga_overlay.conf
index eebbfee72648..5338ad654a66 100644
--- a/app/overlays/lnl/fpga_overlay.conf
+++ b/app/overlays/lnl/fpga_overlay.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_PER_SEC=19200000
 CONFIG_DAI_DMIC_HW_IOCLK=19200000
 CONFIG_XTENSA_CCOUNT_HZ=40000000
+
+# improves LPSRAM and HPSRAM access time
+CONFIG_SRAM_RETENTION_MODE=n
diff --git a/app/overlays/mtl/fpga_overlay.conf b/app/overlays/mtl/fpga_overlay.conf
index eebbfee72648..5338ad654a66 100644
--- a/app/overlays/mtl/fpga_overlay.conf
+++ b/app/overlays/mtl/fpga_overlay.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_PER_SEC=19200000
 CONFIG_DAI_DMIC_HW_IOCLK=19200000
 CONFIG_XTENSA_CCOUNT_HZ=40000000
+
+# improves LPSRAM and HPSRAM access time
+CONFIG_SRAM_RETENTION_MODE=n
diff --git a/app/overlays/ptl/fpga_overlay.conf b/app/overlays/ptl/fpga_overlay.conf
index 3fdf9d658c3c..bfcb7eae8819 100644
--- a/app/overlays/ptl/fpga_overlay.conf
+++ b/app/overlays/ptl/fpga_overlay.conf
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ CONFIG_DAI_DMIC_HW_IOCLK=19200000
 
 # limit logs to minimize runtime overhead of logging
 CONFIG_SOF_LOG_LEVEL_ERR=y
+
+# improves LPSRAM and HPSRAM access time
+CONFIG_SRAM_RETENTION_MODE=n