diff --git a/components/libc/posix/pthreads/pthread_cond.c b/components/libc/posix/pthreads/pthread_cond.c
index 69cad1fa2e6..0a240be19d5 100644
--- a/components/libc/posix/pthreads/pthread_cond.c
+++ b/components/libc/posix/pthreads/pthread_cond.c
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ rt_err_t _pthread_cond_timedwait(pthread_cond_t *cond,
 
                 /* exit critical and do schedule */
                 rt_exit_critical();
+                rt_schedule();
 
                 result = thread->error;