diff --git a/components/freertos/tasks.c b/components/freertos/tasks.c
index 77d713c62e..b774574cf8 100644
--- a/components/freertos/tasks.c
+++ b/components/freertos/tasks.c
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ static void prvAddNewTaskToReadyList( TCB_t *pxNewTCB, TaskFunction_t pxTaskCode
 			//No mux; no harm done if this misfires. The deleted task won't get scheduled anyway.
 			if( pxTCB == pxCurrentTCB[ core ] )	//If task was currently running on this core
 			{
-				configASSERT( uxSchedulerSuspended[ core ] == 0 );
+				configASSERT( xTaskGetSchedulerState() == taskSCHEDULER_RUNNING )
 
 				/* The pre-delete hook is primarily for the Windows simulator,
 				in which Windows specific clean up operations are performed,
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ static void prvAddNewTaskToReadyList( TCB_t *pxNewTCB, TaskFunction_t pxTaskCode
 
 		configASSERT( pxPreviousWakeTime );
 		configASSERT( ( xTimeIncrement > 0U ) );
-		configASSERT( uxSchedulerSuspended[ xPortGetCoreID() ] == 0 );
+		configASSERT( xTaskGetSchedulerState() == taskSCHEDULER_RUNNING );
 
 		taskENTER_CRITICAL(&xTaskQueueMutex);
 //		vTaskSuspendAll();
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ static void prvAddNewTaskToReadyList( TCB_t *pxNewTCB, TaskFunction_t pxTaskCode
 		/* A delay time of zero just forces a reschedule. */
 		if( xTicksToDelay > ( TickType_t ) 0U )
 		{
-			configASSERT( uxSchedulerSuspended[ xPortGetCoreID() ] == 0 );
+			configASSERT( xTaskGetSchedulerState() == taskSCHEDULER_RUNNING );
 			taskENTER_CRITICAL(&xTaskQueueMutex);
 //			vTaskSuspendAll();
 			{
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ static void prvAddNewTaskToReadyList( TCB_t *pxNewTCB, TaskFunction_t pxTaskCode
 			if( xSchedulerRunning != pdFALSE )
 			{
 				/* The current task has just been suspended. */
-				configASSERT( uxSchedulerSuspended[ xPortGetCoreID() ] == 0 );
+				configASSERT( xTaskGetSchedulerState() == taskSCHEDULER_RUNNING );
 				portYIELD_WITHIN_API();
 			}
 			else
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ BaseType_t xAlreadyYielded = pdFALSE;
 
 	/* If uxSchedulerSuspended[ xPortGetCoreID() ] is zero then this function does not match a
 	previous call to vTaskSuspendAll(). */
-	configASSERT( uxSchedulerSuspended[ xPortGetCoreID() ] );
+	configASSERT( xTaskGetSchedulerState() == taskSCHEDULER_SUSPENDED );
 	/* It is possible that an ISR caused a task to be removed from an event
 	list while the scheduler was suspended.  If this was the case then the
 	removed task will have been added to the xPendingReadyList.  Once the