diff --git a/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/portable/xtensa/port.c b/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/portable/xtensa/port.c
index 70a5b38494..aa86586f5e 100644
--- a/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/portable/xtensa/port.c
+++ b/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/portable/xtensa/port.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ extern void _xt_coproc_init(void);
 
 BaseType_t xPortStartScheduler( void )
 {
+    portDISABLE_INTERRUPTS();
     // Interrupts are disabled at this point and stack contains PS with enabled interrupts when task context is restored
 
 #if XCHAL_CP_NUM > 0