diff --git a/.github/memsize.baseline b/.github/memsize.baseline
index bd4b899..85196ba 100644
--- a/.github/memsize.baseline
+++ b/.github/memsize.baseline
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
- 193480	  57252	 507021	 757753	  b8ff9	build/template.elf
+ 193528	  57252	 507029	 757809	  b9031	build/template.elf
diff --git a/ports/esp-idf/cpuload.c b/ports/esp-idf/cpuload.c
index 284c58e..a81489d 100644
--- a/ports/esp-idf/cpuload.c
+++ b/ports/esp-idf/cpuload.c
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  */
 
-#include "libmcu/board.h"
-
+#include "esp_timer.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/task.h"
 
@@ -20,15 +19,15 @@ static struct cpuload {
 
 void on_task_switch_in(void)
 {
-	static uint32_t t0;
-	static uint32_t sum_elapsed;
+	static uint64_t t0;
+	static uint64_t sum_elapsed;
 
-	uint32_t t1 = board_get_time_since_boot_ms();
+	uint64_t t1 = esp_timer_get_time(); /* in microseconds */
 	uint32_t elapsed = t1 - t0;
 
 	/* NOTE: count at least 1 even if the task has run for much shorter time
-	 * as millisecond unit timer used here. For fine granularity, introduce
-	 * high-resolution timer. */
+	 * as microsecond unit timer used here. For fine granularity, introduce
+	 * more high-resolution timer. */
 	if (elapsed == 0) {
 		elapsed = 1;
 	}