diff --git a/components/freertos/tasks.c b/components/freertos/tasks.c
index d57a6e6d88..89844b908f 100644
--- a/components/freertos/tasks.c
+++ b/components/freertos/tasks.c
@@ -2093,7 +2093,7 @@ static void prvAddNewTaskToReadyList( TCB_t * pxNewTCB,
         if( listIS_CONTAINED_WITHIN( &xSuspendedTaskList, &( pxTCB->xStateListItem ) ) != pdFALSE )
         {
             /* Has the task already been resumed from within an ISR? */
-            if( listIS_CONTAINED_WITHIN( &xPendingReadyList[xPortGetCoreID()], &( pxTCB->xEventListItem )) ||
+            if( listIS_CONTAINED_WITHIN( &xPendingReadyList[xPortGetCoreID()], &( pxTCB->xEventListItem )) == pdFALSE &&
                 listIS_CONTAINED_WITHIN( &xPendingReadyList[!xPortGetCoreID()], &( pxTCB->xEventListItem ))  == pdFALSE )
             {
                 /* Is it in the suspended list because it is in the Suspended