diff --git a/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/idf_changes.md b/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/idf_changes.md
index 28385a40c5..1180ee2f26 100644
--- a/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/idf_changes.md
+++ b/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/idf_changes.md
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ The following functions were modified to accommodate SMP behavior:
   - In SMP, the function now disables interrupts to ensure that the calling task does not switch cores while checking its own copy of `uxSchedulerSuspended`.
 - `prvAddCurrentTaskToDelayedList()`
   - Added extra check to see if current blocking task has already been deleted by the other core.
+- `xStreamBufferReceive()`
+  - Added a critical section for setting `xTaskWaitingToReceive` to `NULL` so that the write is SMP safe.
 
 ### Critical Section Changes
 
diff --git a/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/stream_buffer.c b/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/stream_buffer.c
index f474580ebc..9982b3caa3 100644
--- a/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/stream_buffer.c
+++ b/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/stream_buffer.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
- * SPDX-FileContributor: 2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileContributor: 2023-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
  * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
@@ -976,7 +976,19 @@ size_t xStreamBufferReceive( StreamBufferHandle_t xStreamBuffer,
             /* Wait for data to be available. */
             traceBLOCKING_ON_STREAM_BUFFER_RECEIVE( xStreamBuffer );
             ( void ) xTaskNotifyWait( ( uint32_t ) 0, ( uint32_t ) 0, NULL, xTicksToWait );
-            pxStreamBuffer->xTaskWaitingToReceive = NULL;
+
+            /* In SMP mode, the task may have been woken and scheduled on
+             * another core. Hence, we must clear the xTaskWaitingToReceive
+             * handle in a critical section. */
+            #if ( configNUMBER_OF_CORES > 1 )
+                taskENTER_CRITICAL( &( pxStreamBuffer->xStreamBufferLock ) );
+            #endif /* configNUMBER_OF_CORES > 1 */
+            {
+                pxStreamBuffer->xTaskWaitingToReceive = NULL;
+            }
+            #if ( configNUMBER_OF_CORES > 1 )
+                taskEXIT_CRITICAL( &( pxStreamBuffer->xStreamBufferLock ) );
+            #endif /* configNUMBER_OF_CORES > 1 */
 
             /* Recheck the data available after blocking. */
             xBytesAvailable = prvBytesInBuffer( pxStreamBuffer );