diff --git a/components/freertos/ringbuf.c b/components/freertos/ringbuf.c
index 67323e3276..7074eb537d 100644
--- a/components/freertos/ringbuf.c
+++ b/components/freertos/ringbuf.c
@@ -609,9 +609,9 @@ void *xRingbufferReceiveUpToFromISR(RingbufHandle_t ringbuf, size_t *item_size,
 void vRingbufferReturnItem(RingbufHandle_t ringbuf, void *item) 
 {
     ringbuf_t *rb=(ringbuf_t *)ringbuf;
-    portENTER_CRITICAL_ISR(&rb->mux);
+    portENTER_CRITICAL(&rb->mux);
     rb->returnItemToRingbufImpl(rb, item);
-    portEXIT_CRITICAL_ISR(&rb->mux);
+    portEXIT_CRITICAL(&rb->mux);
     xSemaphoreGive(rb->free_space_sem);
 }