diff --git a/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_lwip_ppp.c b/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_lwip_ppp.c
index f11260a158..6513862481 100644
--- a/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_lwip_ppp.c
+++ b/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_lwip_ppp.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static void on_ppp_status_changed(ppp_pcb *pcb, int err_code, void *ctx)
             break;
     }
     if (obj->ppp_error_event_enabled) {
-        err = esp_event_post(NETIF_PPP_STATUS, err_code, netif, sizeof(netif), 0);
+        err = esp_event_post(NETIF_PPP_STATUS, err_code, &netif, sizeof(netif), 0);
         if (err != ESP_OK) {
             ESP_LOGE(TAG, "esp_event_post failed with code %d", err);
         }
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static void on_ppp_notify_phase(ppp_pcb *pcb, u8_t phase, void *ctx)
     lwip_peer2peer_ctx_t *obj = (lwip_peer2peer_ctx_t *)netif->related_data;
     assert(obj->base.netif_type == PPP_LWIP_NETIF);
     if (obj && obj->ppp_phase_event_enabled) {
-        esp_err_t err = esp_event_post(NETIF_PPP_STATUS, NETIF_PP_PHASE_OFFSET + phase, netif, sizeof(netif), 0);
+        esp_err_t err = esp_event_post(NETIF_PPP_STATUS, NETIF_PP_PHASE_OFFSET + phase, &netif, sizeof(netif), 0);
         if (err != ESP_OK) {
             ESP_LOGE(TAG, "esp_event_post failed with code %d", err);
         }
diff --git a/examples/protocols/pppos_client/main/pppos_client_main.c b/examples/protocols/pppos_client/main/pppos_client_main.c
index aa0066c26a..67a64c3fb0 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/pppos_client/main/pppos_client_main.c
+++ b/examples/protocols/pppos_client/main/pppos_client_main.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static void on_ppp_changed(void *arg, esp_event_base_t event_base,
     ESP_LOGI(TAG, "PPP state changed event %d", event_id);
     if (event_id == NETIF_PPP_ERRORUSER) {
         /* User interrupted event from esp-netif */
-        esp_netif_t *netif = event_data;
+        esp_netif_t *netif = *(esp_netif_t**)event_data;
         ESP_LOGI(TAG, "User interrupted event from netif:%p", netif);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tools/ci/config/target-test.yml b/tools/ci/config/target-test.yml
index efa6417ef4..9c5dca4b82 100644
--- a/tools/ci/config/target-test.yml
+++ b/tools/ci/config/target-test.yml
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ UT_034:
 
 UT_035:
   extends: .unit_test_s2_template
-  parallel: 42
+  parallel: 43
   tags:
     - ESP32S2_IDF
     - UT_T1_1