diff --git a/components/esp_driver_gptimer/src/gptimer.c b/components/esp_driver_gptimer/src/gptimer.c
index 447aebfbbf..f1d4af4664 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_gptimer/src/gptimer.c
+++ b/components/esp_driver_gptimer/src/gptimer.c
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ esp_err_t gptimer_set_alarm_action(gptimer_handle_t timer, const gptimer_alarm_c
 {
     ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE_ISR(timer, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, TAG, "invalid argument");
     if (config) {
+#if CONFIG_GPTIMER_CTRL_FUNC_IN_IRAM
+        ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE_ISR(esp_ptr_internal(config), ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, TAG, "alarm config struct not in internal RAM");
+#endif
         // When auto_reload is enabled, alarm_count should not be equal to reload_count
         bool valid_auto_reload = !config->flags.auto_reload_on_alarm || config->alarm_count != config->reload_count;
         ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE_ISR(valid_auto_reload, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, TAG, "reload count can't equal to alarm count");
diff --git a/components/esp_driver_rmt/test_apps/rmt/main/test_rmt_rx.c b/components/esp_driver_rmt/test_apps/rmt/main/test_rmt_rx.c
index ee9fd6ccf7..b418b39ca1 100644
--- a/components/esp_driver_rmt/test_apps/rmt/main/test_rmt_rx.c
+++ b/components/esp_driver_rmt/test_apps/rmt/main/test_rmt_rx.c
@@ -334,9 +334,6 @@ static void test_rmt_receive_filter(rmt_clock_source_t clk_src)
     rmt_channel_handle_t rx_channel = NULL;
     TEST_ESP_OK(rmt_new_rx_channel(&rx_channel_cfg, &rx_channel));
 
-    // initialize the GPIO level to low
-    TEST_ESP_OK(gpio_set_level(TEST_RMT_GPIO_NUM_A, 0));
-
     printf("register rx event callbacks\r\n");
     rmt_rx_event_callbacks_t cbs = {
         .on_recv_done = test_rmt_received_done,