diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/memory.c b/wolfcrypt/src/memory.c
index a57894d58..865971750 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/memory.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/memory.c
@@ -533,7 +533,11 @@ void* wolfSSL_Malloc(size_t size, void* heap, int type)
             }
         #else
         #ifndef WOLFSSL_NO_MALLOC
-            res = malloc(size);
+            #ifdef FREERTOS
+                res = pvPortMalloc(size);
+            #else
+                res = malloc(size);
+            #endif
         #else
             WOLFSSL_MSG("No heap hint found to use and no malloc");
             #ifdef WOLFSSL_DEBUG_MEMORY
@@ -667,7 +671,11 @@ void wolfSSL_Free(void *ptr, void* heap, int type)
             }
         #endif
         #ifndef WOLFSSL_NO_MALLOC
-            free(ptr);
+            #ifdef FREERTOS
+                vPortFree(ptr);
+            #else
+                free(ptr);
+            #endif
         #else
             WOLFSSL_MSG("Error trying to call free when turned off");
         #endif /* WOLFSSL_NO_MALLOC */
diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
index a425a0fdd..e4b0a15e8 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 				#define XFREE(p, h, t)       {void* xp = (p); if((xp)) wolfSSL_Free((xp), (h), (t));}
 				#define XREALLOC(p, n, h, t) wolfSSL_Realloc((p), (n), (h), (t))
             #endif /* WOLFSSL_DEBUG_MEMORY */
-        #else
+        #elif !defined(FREERTOS) && !defined(FREERTOS_TCP)
             #ifdef WOLFSSL_DEBUG_MEMORY
 				#define XMALLOC(s, h, t)     ((void)h, (void)t, wolfSSL_Malloc((s), __func__, __LINE__))
 				#define XFREE(p, h, t)       {void* xp = (p); if((xp)) wolfSSL_Free((xp), __func__, __LINE__);}