diff --git a/esphome/components/audio/audio_transfer_buffer.cpp b/esphome/components/audio/audio_transfer_buffer.cpp
index 1566884c3d..790cd62db0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/audio/audio_transfer_buffer.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/audio/audio_transfer_buffer.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ bool AudioTransferBuffer::reallocate(size_t new_buffer_size) {
 bool AudioTransferBuffer::allocate_buffer_(size_t buffer_size) {
   this->buffer_size_ = buffer_size;
 
-  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
 
   this->buffer_ = allocator.allocate(this->buffer_size_);
   if (this->buffer_ == nullptr) {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ bool AudioTransferBuffer::allocate_buffer_(size_t buffer_size) {
 
 void AudioTransferBuffer::deallocate_buffer_() {
   if (this->buffer_ != nullptr) {
-    RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+    RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
     allocator.deallocate(this->buffer_, this->buffer_size_);
     this->buffer_ = nullptr;
     this->data_start_ = nullptr;
diff --git a/esphome/components/i2s_audio/speaker/i2s_audio_speaker.cpp b/esphome/components/i2s_audio/speaker/i2s_audio_speaker.cpp
index 41da8a4642..1042a7ebee 100644
--- a/esphome/components/i2s_audio/speaker/i2s_audio_speaker.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/i2s_audio/speaker/i2s_audio_speaker.cpp
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ bool I2SAudioSpeaker::send_esp_err_to_event_group_(esp_err_t err) {
 esp_err_t I2SAudioSpeaker::allocate_buffers_(size_t data_buffer_size, size_t ring_buffer_size) {
   if (this->data_buffer_ == nullptr) {
     // Allocate data buffer for temporarily storing audio from the ring buffer before writing to the I2S bus
-    ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+    RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
     this->data_buffer_ = allocator.allocate(data_buffer_size);
   }
 
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ void I2SAudioSpeaker::delete_task_(size_t buffer_size) {
   this->audio_ring_buffer_.reset();  // Releases ownership of the shared_ptr
 
   if (this->data_buffer_ != nullptr) {
-    ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+    RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
     allocator.deallocate(this->data_buffer_, buffer_size);
     this->data_buffer_ = nullptr;
   }
diff --git a/esphome/components/micro_wake_word/streaming_model.cpp b/esphome/components/micro_wake_word/streaming_model.cpp
index 31341bba0d..2b073cce56 100644
--- a/esphome/components/micro_wake_word/streaming_model.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/micro_wake_word/streaming_model.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void VADModel::log_model_config() {
 }
 
 bool StreamingModel::load_model_() {
-  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> arena_allocator(RAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> arena_allocator;
 
   if (this->tensor_arena_ == nullptr) {
     this->tensor_arena_ = arena_allocator.allocate(this->tensor_arena_size_);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ bool StreamingModel::load_model_() {
 void StreamingModel::unload_model() {
   this->interpreter_.reset();
 
-  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> arena_allocator(RAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> arena_allocator;
 
   if (this->tensor_arena_ != nullptr) {
     arena_allocator.deallocate(this->tensor_arena_, this->tensor_arena_size_);
diff --git a/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.cpp b/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.cpp
index a692a7556e..366a020d1c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ bool VoiceAssistant::start_udp_socket_() {
 bool VoiceAssistant::allocate_buffers_() {
 #ifdef USE_SPEAKER
   if ((this->speaker_ != nullptr) && (this->speaker_buffer_ == nullptr)) {
-    ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t> speaker_allocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+    RAMAllocator<uint8_t> speaker_allocator;
     this->speaker_buffer_ = speaker_allocator.allocate(SPEAKER_BUFFER_SIZE);
     if (this->speaker_buffer_ == nullptr) {
       ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Could not allocate speaker buffer");
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ bool VoiceAssistant::allocate_buffers_() {
   }
 
   if (this->send_buffer_ == nullptr) {
-    ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t> send_allocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+    RAMAllocator<uint8_t> send_allocator;
     this->send_buffer_ = send_allocator.allocate(SEND_BUFFER_SIZE);
     if (send_buffer_ == nullptr) {
       ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Could not allocate send buffer");
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void VoiceAssistant::clear_buffers_() {
 
 void VoiceAssistant::deallocate_buffers_() {
   if (this->send_buffer_ != nullptr) {
-    ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t> send_deallocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+    RAMAllocator<uint8_t> send_deallocator;
     send_deallocator.deallocate(this->send_buffer_, SEND_BUFFER_SIZE);
     this->send_buffer_ = nullptr;
   }
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void VoiceAssistant::deallocate_buffers_() {
 
 #ifdef USE_SPEAKER
   if ((this->speaker_ != nullptr) && (this->speaker_buffer_ != nullptr)) {
-    ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t> speaker_deallocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+    RAMAllocator<uint8_t> speaker_deallocator;
     speaker_deallocator.deallocate(this->speaker_buffer_, SPEAKER_BUFFER_SIZE);
     this->speaker_buffer_ = nullptr;
   }
diff --git a/esphome/core/ring_buffer.cpp b/esphome/core/ring_buffer.cpp
index f779531263..b77a02b2a7 100644
--- a/esphome/core/ring_buffer.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/ring_buffer.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ static const char *const TAG = "ring_buffer";
 RingBuffer::~RingBuffer() {
   if (this->handle_ != nullptr) {
     vRingbufferDelete(this->handle_);
-    RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(RAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+    RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
     allocator.deallocate(this->storage_, this->size_);
   }
 }
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<RingBuffer> RingBuffer::create(size_t len) {
 
   rb->size_ = len;
 
-  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(RAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
+  RAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator;
   rb->storage_ = allocator.allocate(rb->size_);
   if (rb->storage_ == nullptr) {
     return nullptr;