diff --git a/components/freertos/tasks.c b/components/freertos/tasks.c
index d70a278b1..7bf51472c 100644
--- a/components/freertos/tasks.c
+++ b/components/freertos/tasks.c
@@ -3508,7 +3508,10 @@ UBaseType_t uxPriority;
 
 	vListInitialise( &xDelayedTaskList1 );
 	vListInitialise( &xDelayedTaskList2 );
-	vListInitialise( &xPendingReadyList[ xPortGetCoreID() ] );
+	vListInitialise( &xPendingReadyList[ 0 ] );
+	if (portNUM_PROCESSORS == 2) {
+		vListInitialise( &xPendingReadyList[ 1 ] );
+	}
 
 	#if ( INCLUDE_vTaskDelete == 1 )
 	{