diff --git a/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/include/freertos/message_buffer.h b/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/include/freertos/message_buffer.h
index 269e1f7a1e..72c18979a0 100644
--- a/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/include/freertos/message_buffer.h
+++ b/components/freertos/FreeRTOS-Kernel/include/freertos/message_buffer.h
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ typedef StreamBufferHandle_t MessageBufferHandle_t;
  * \ingroup MessageBufferManagement
  */
 #define xMessageBufferNextLengthBytes( xMessageBuffer ) \
-    xStreamBufferNextMessageLengthBytes( xMessageBuffer ) PRIVILEGED_FUNCTION;
+    xStreamBufferNextMessageLengthBytes( xMessageBuffer )
 
 /**
  *