diff --git a/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-openocd.c b/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-openocd.c
index d74564495..2367d8273 100644
--- a/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-openocd.c
+++ b/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-openocd.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "FreeRTOS.h"
+#include "esp_attr.h"
 #include "sdkconfig.h"
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
@@ -19,5 +20,5 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ESP32_DEBUG_OCDAWARE
-const int USED uxTopUsedPriority = configMAX_PRIORITIES - 1;
-#endif
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+const int USED DRAM_ATTR uxTopUsedPriority = configMAX_PRIORITIES - 1;
+#endif