diff --git a/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/misc/test_idf_additions.c b/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/misc/test_idf_additions.c
index 99e67eb97b..d9fc67adb7 100644
--- a/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/misc/test_idf_additions.c
+++ b/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/misc/test_idf_additions.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ TEST_CASE("IDF additions: Task creation with SPIRAM memory caps and self deletio
         for (int i = 0; i < TEST_NUM_TASKS; i++) {
             // Create a task with caps
             TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(pdPASS, xTaskCreateWithCaps(task_with_caps_self_delete, "task", 4096, NULL, UNITY_FREERTOS_PRIORITY, &task_handle[i], MALLOC_CAP_SPIRAM | MALLOC_CAP_8BIT));
-            TEST_ASSERT_NOT_EQUAL(NULL, task_handle);
             // Get the task's memory
             TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(pdTRUE, xTaskGetStaticBuffers(task_handle[i], &puxStackBuffer, &pxTaskBuffer));
         }
@@ -112,7 +111,11 @@ TEST_CASE("IDF additions: Task creation with SPIRAM memory caps and self deletio
             // Notify the task to delete itself
             xTaskNotifyGive(task_handle[i]);
         }
+        // Let the scheduler run the self-delete tasks.
+        vTaskDelay(1);
     }
+    // Allow the last batch to be freed by the cleanup task in vTaskDeleteWithCaps().
+    vTaskDelay(50);
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_FREERTOS_TASK_CREATE_ALLOW_EXT_MEM */