diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_dpp.c b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_dpp.c
index 9f8721837e..54783fc5a2 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_dpp.c
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_dpp.c
@@ -40,15 +40,11 @@ struct action_rx_param {
 
 static int esp_dpp_post_evt(uint32_t evt_id, uint32_t data)
 {
-    dpp_event_t *evt = os_zalloc(sizeof(dpp_event_t));
-    int ret = ESP_OK;
+    dpp_event_t evt;
+    esp_err_t ret = ESP_OK;
 
-    if (evt == NULL) {
-        ret = ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
-        goto end;
-    }
-    evt->id = evt_id;
-    evt->data = data;
+    evt.id = evt_id;
+    evt.data = data;
     if (s_dpp_api_lock) {
         DPP_API_LOCK();
     } else {
@@ -67,10 +63,7 @@ static int esp_dpp_post_evt(uint32_t evt_id, uint32_t data)
 
     return ret;
 end:
-    if (evt) {
-        os_free(evt);
-    }
-    wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR,"DPP: Failed to send event %d to DPP task", evt_id);
+    wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR, "DPP: Failed to send event %d to DPP task", evt_id);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -381,17 +374,16 @@ static void esp_dpp_rx_action(struct action_rx_param *rx_param)
 
 static void esp_dpp_task(void *pvParameters )
 {
-    dpp_event_t *evt;
+    dpp_event_t evt;
     bool task_del = false;
 
     for (;;) {
         if (os_queue_recv(s_dpp_evt_queue, &evt, OS_BLOCK) == TRUE) {
-            if (evt->id >= SIG_DPP_MAX) {
-                os_free(evt);
+            if (evt.id >= SIG_DPP_MAX) {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            switch (evt->id) {
+            switch (evt.id) {
             case SIG_DPP_DEL_TASK:
                 struct dpp_bootstrap_params_t *params = &s_dpp_ctx.bootstrap_params;
                 eloop_cancel_timeout(esp_dpp_auth_conf_wait_timeout, NULL, NULL);
@@ -412,7 +404,7 @@ static void esp_dpp_task(void *pvParameters )
                 break;
 
             case SIG_DPP_BOOTSTRAP_GEN: {
-                char *command = (char *)evt->data;
+                char *command = (char *)evt.data;
                 const char *uri;
 
                 s_dpp_ctx.id = dpp_bootstrap_gen(s_dpp_ctx.dpp_global, command);
@@ -424,7 +416,7 @@ static void esp_dpp_task(void *pvParameters )
             break;
 
             case SIG_DPP_RX_ACTION: {
-                esp_dpp_rx_action((struct action_rx_param *)evt->data);
+                esp_dpp_rx_action((struct action_rx_param *)evt.data);
             }
             break;
 
@@ -462,8 +454,6 @@ static void esp_dpp_task(void *pvParameters )
                 break;
             }
 
-            os_free(evt);
-
             if (task_del) {
                 break;
             }