diff --git a/features/storage/kvstore/tdbstore/TDBStore.cpp b/features/storage/kvstore/tdbstore/TDBStore.cpp
index 9ba1fd4130..794031fc28 100644
--- a/features/storage/kvstore/tdbstore/TDBStore.cpp
+++ b/features/storage/kvstore/tdbstore/TDBStore.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "mbed_error.h"
 #include "mbed_wait_api.h"
 #include "MbedCRC.h"
+#include "SystemStorage.h"
 
 using namespace mbed;
 
@@ -952,6 +953,7 @@ int TDBStore::init()
     uint32_t actual_data_size;
     int os_ret, ret = MBED_SUCCESS, reserved_ret;
     uint16_t versions[_num_areas];
+    internal_mem_resident_type_e out_in_mem_res;
 
     _mutex.lock();
 
@@ -959,6 +961,13 @@ int TDBStore::init()
         goto end;
     }
 
+    //Check if we are on internal memory && try to set the internal memory for TDBStore use.
+    if (strcmp(_bd->get_type(), "FLASHIAP")==0 &&
+            set_internal_storage_ownership(TDBSTORE, &out_in_mem_res) == MBED_ERROR_ALREADY_INITIALIZED) {
+
+        MBED_ERROR(MBED_ERROR_ALREADY_INITIALIZED, "TDBStore in internal memory can not be initialize when NVStore is in use");
+    }
+
     _max_keys = initial_max_keys;
 
     ram_table = new ram_table_entry_t[_max_keys];
diff --git a/features/storage/nvstore/source/nvstore.cpp b/features/storage/nvstore/source/nvstore.cpp
index e6df0f6cfa..3563b63e78 100644
--- a/features/storage/nvstore/source/nvstore.cpp
+++ b/features/storage/nvstore/source/nvstore.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 #if NVSTORE_ENABLED
 
 #include "FlashIAP.h"
+#include "SystemStorage.h"
 #include "mbed_critical.h"
 #include "mbed_assert.h"
+#include "mbed_error.h"
 #include "mbed_wait_api.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -849,11 +851,18 @@ int NVStore::init()
     uint16_t keys[NVSTORE_NUM_AREAS];
     uint16_t actual_size;
     uint8_t owner;
+    internal_mem_resident_type_e out_in_mem_res;
 
     if (_init_done) {
         return NVSTORE_SUCCESS;
     }
 
+    //Check if we are on internal memory && try to set the internal memory for TDBStore use.
+    ret = set_internal_storage_ownership(NVSTORE, &out_in_mem_res);
+    //NVstore in internal memory can not be initialize when TDBStore is in use
+    MBED_ASSERT(ret != MBED_ERROR_ALREADY_INITIALIZED);
+
+
     // This handles the case that init function is called by more than one thread concurrently.
     // Only the one who gets the value of 1 in _init_attempts_val will proceed, while others will
     // wait until init is finished.
diff --git a/features/storage/system_storage/SystemStorage.cpp b/features/storage/system_storage/SystemStorage.cpp
index 0fff9c6c27..c008ee2925 100644
--- a/features/storage/system_storage/SystemStorage.cpp
+++ b/features/storage/system_storage/SystemStorage.cpp
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+#include "SystemStorage.h"
 #include "BlockDevice.h"
 #include "FileSystem.h"
 #include "FATFileSystem.h"
 #include "LittleFileSystem.h"
+#include "mbed_error.h"
+
 
 #if COMPONENT_SPIF
 #include "SPIFBlockDevice.h"
@@ -40,6 +43,31 @@
 
 using namespace mbed;
 
+static internal_mem_resident_type_e internal_memory_residency = NONE;
+static SingletonPtr<PlatformMutex> system_storage_mutex;
+
+MBED_WEAK int set_internal_storage_ownership(internal_mem_resident_type_e in_mem_res, internal_mem_resident_type_e *out_mem_res)
+{
+    int status = MBED_SUCCESS;
+
+    system_storage_mutex->lock();
+
+    if (internal_memory_residency != NONE &&
+            internal_memory_residency != in_mem_res) {
+
+        status = MBED_ERROR_ALREADY_INITIALIZED;
+
+    } else {
+
+        internal_memory_residency = in_mem_res;
+    }
+
+    *out_mem_res = internal_memory_residency;
+    system_storage_mutex->unlock();
+
+    return status;
+}
+
 // Align a value to a specified size.
 // Parameters :
 // val           - [IN]   Value.
diff --git a/features/storage/system_storage/SystemStorage.h b/features/storage/system_storage/SystemStorage.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af062f3fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/storage/system_storage/SystemStorage.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the License); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an AS IS BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#ifndef MBED_SYSTEM_STORAGE_H
+#define MBED_SYSTEM_STORAGE_H
+
+#include "mbed_error.h"
+
+typedef enum {
+    NONE        = 0,
+    NVSTORE,
+    TDBSTORE
+} internal_mem_resident_type_e;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Try to get an ownership for the internal flash memory storage type.
+ *        KVSTORE or NVSTORE is the current option and once the ownership is taken by one
+ *        second one can not be initialize.
+ * @param[in] in_mem_res       Enum parameter to specify NVSTORE or KVSTORE as the storage owner
+ * @param[in] out_mem_res      Enum parameter which specify who is the current owner of the storage.
+ * @returns                    MBED_SUCCESS if succeeded or MBED_ERROR_ALREADY_INITIALIZED if fails.
+ */
+int set_internal_storage_ownership(internal_mem_resident_type_e in_mem_res, internal_mem_resident_type_e *out_mem_res);
+
+#endif