diff --git a/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/main/real_time_stats_example_main.c b/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/main/real_time_stats_example_main.c
index 03639c1b20..517177a64f 100644
--- a/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/main/real_time_stats_example_main.c
+++ b/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/main/real_time_stats_example_main.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static esp_err_t print_real_time_stats(TickType_t xTicksToWait)
 {
     TaskStatus_t *start_array = NULL, *end_array = NULL;
     UBaseType_t start_array_size, end_array_size;
-    uint32_t start_run_time, end_run_time;
+    configRUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE start_run_time, end_run_time;
     esp_err_t ret;
 
     //Allocate array to store current task states
diff --git a/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.ci b/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.ci
index c87713d246..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.ci
+++ b/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.ci
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-CONFIG_FREERTOS_USE_TRACE_FACILITY=y
-CONFIG_FREERTOS_GENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS=y
diff --git a/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.defaults
index c87713d246..81c4a2635c 100644
--- a/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 CONFIG_FREERTOS_USE_TRACE_FACILITY=y
 CONFIG_FREERTOS_GENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS=y
+CONFIG_FREERTOS_RUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE_U64=y