diff --git a/components/freertos/include/freertos/FreeRTOS.h b/components/freertos/include/freertos/FreeRTOS.h
index d354bbedb3..20e0d9e22a 100644
--- a/components/freertos/include/freertos/FreeRTOS.h
+++ b/components/freertos/include/freertos/FreeRTOS.h
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@
 #endif
 /* *INDENT-ON* */
 
-#ifdef ESP_PLATFORM
-/* for likely and unlikely */
-#include "esp_compiler.h"
-#endif // ESP_PLATFORM
-
 /* Application specific configuration options. */
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h"
 /* Basic FreeRTOS definitions. */
diff --git a/components/freertos/include/freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h b/components/freertos/include/freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h
index ecc7c30aac..3cef949666 100644
--- a/components/freertos/include/freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h
+++ b/components/freertos/include/freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
 #define FREERTOS_CONFIG_H
 
 #include "sdkconfig.h"
+
+/* for likely and unlikely */
+#include "esp_compiler.h"
+
 // The arch-specific FreeRTOSConfig.h in port/<arch>/include.
 #include_next "freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h"