diff --git a/tools/ci/sonar_exclude_list.txt b/tools/ci/sonar_exclude_list.txt
index 849bc4c50f..23528dd271 100644
--- a/tools/ci/sonar_exclude_list.txt
+++ b/tools/ci/sonar_exclude_list.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@
 # - test/*/*.c
 # - test.c
 # lines start with # will be ignored
+
+# FreeRTOS upstream code (don't include our port files here)
+- components/freertos/*.c
+- components/freertos/include/freertos/*.h