diff --git a/components/freertos/tasks.c b/components/freertos/tasks.c
index 63a659b5d7..7fb40e771e 100644
--- a/components/freertos/tasks.c
+++ b/components/freertos/tasks.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ static void prvAddNewTaskToReadyList( TCB_t *pxNewTCB, TaskFunction_t pxTaskCode
 
 		configASSERT( puxStackBuffer != NULL );
 		configASSERT( pxTaskBuffer != NULL );
-        configASSERT( (xCoreID>=0 && xCoreID<portNUM_PROCESSORS) || (xCoreID==tskNO_AFFINITY) );
+		configASSERT( (xCoreID>=0 && xCoreID<portNUM_PROCESSORS) || (xCoreID==tskNO_AFFINITY) );
 
 		if( ( pxTaskBuffer != NULL ) && ( puxStackBuffer != NULL ) )
 		{
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ static void prvAddNewTaskToReadyList( TCB_t *pxNewTCB, TaskFunction_t pxTaskCode
 			function - use them. */
 			pxNewTCB = ( TCB_t * ) pxTaskBuffer; /*lint !e740 Unusual cast is ok as the structures are designed to have the same alignment, and the size is checked by an assert. */
 			pxNewTCB->pxStack = ( StackType_t * ) puxStackBuffer;
+			pxNewTCB->xCoreID = xCoreID;
 
 			#if( tskSTATIC_AND_DYNAMIC_ALLOCATION_POSSIBLE != 0 )
 			{