diff --git a/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/RP2040/FreeRTOS_Kernel_import.cmake b/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/RP2040/FreeRTOS_Kernel_import.cmake
index dc68ed038..1f0bf1196 100644
--- a/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/RP2040/FreeRTOS_Kernel_import.cmake
+++ b/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/RP2040/FreeRTOS_Kernel_import.cmake
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ endif ()
 if (NOT FREERTOS_KERNEL_PATH)
     foreach(POSSIBLE_SUFFIX Source FreeRTOS-Kernel FreeRTOS/Source)
         # check if FreeRTOS-Kernel exists under directory that included us
-        set(SEARCH_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}})
-        set(SEARCH_ROOT ../../../..)
+        set(SEARCH_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
         get_filename_component(_POSSIBLE_PATH ${SEARCH_ROOT}/${POSSIBLE_SUFFIX} REALPATH)
         if (EXISTS ${_POSSIBLE_PATH}/${FREERTOS_KERNEL_RP2040_RELATIVE_PATH}/CMakeLists.txt)
             get_filename_component(FREERTOS_KERNEL_PATH ${_POSSIBLE_PATH} REALPATH)
diff --git a/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/RP2040/include/freertos_sdk_config.h b/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/RP2040/include/freertos_sdk_config.h
index 7e2d111c3..8faa28a87 100644
--- a/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/RP2040/include/freertos_sdk_config.h
+++ b/portable/ThirdParty/GCC/RP2040/include/freertos_sdk_config.h
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
     #include "FreeRTOSConfig.h"
     #include "rp2040_config.h"
-
+    #ifndef PICO_USE_MALLOC_MUTEX
+        // malloc needs to be made thread safe
+        #define PICO_USE_MALLOC_MUTEX 1
+    #endif /* PICO_USE_MALLOC_MUTEX */
     #if ( configSUPPORT_PICO_SYNC_INTEROP == 1 )
         // increase the amount of time it may reasonably take to wake us up
         #ifndef PICO_TIME_SLEEP_OVERHEAD_ADJUST_US