diff --git a/components/net/lwip/Kconfig b/components/net/lwip/Kconfig
index fe019a3f724..374f4d565f8 100644
--- a/components/net/lwip/Kconfig
+++ b/components/net/lwip/Kconfig
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ if RT_USING_LWIP
     config RT_LWIP_NETIF_NAMESIZE
         int "netif name length"
         default 6
+        range 3 32
 
     config SO_REUSE
         int "Enable SO_REUSEADDR option"
diff --git a/components/net/lwip/lwip-2.0.3/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c b/components/net/lwip/lwip-2.0.3/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
index 8b77765e5aa..954b17d494a 100644
--- a/components/net/lwip/lwip-2.0.3/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
+++ b/components/net/lwip/lwip-2.0.3/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
@@ -454,8 +454,7 @@ static void ppp_do_connect(void *arg) {
  * ppp_netif_init_cb - netif init callback
  */
 static err_t ppp_netif_init_cb(struct netif *netif) {
-  netif->name[0] = 'p';
-  netif->name[1] = 'p';
+  rt_strncpy(netif->name, "pp", sizeof(netif->name));
 #if LWIP_IPV4
   /* FIXME: change that when netif_null_output_ip4() will materialize */
   netif->output = ppp_netif_output_ip4;
diff --git a/components/net/lwip/lwip-2.1.2/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c b/components/net/lwip/lwip-2.1.2/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
index 298bbc150e6..f4c54a39d7f 100644
--- a/components/net/lwip/lwip-2.1.2/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
+++ b/components/net/lwip/lwip-2.1.2/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
@@ -469,8 +469,7 @@ static void ppp_do_connect(void *arg) {
  * ppp_netif_init_cb - netif init callback
  */
 static err_t ppp_netif_init_cb(struct netif *netif) {
-  netif->name[0] = 'p';
-  netif->name[1] = 'p';
+  rt_strncpy(netif->name, "pp", sizeof(netif->name));
 #if PPP_IPV4_SUPPORT
   netif->output = ppp_netif_output_ip4;
 #endif /* PPP_IPV4_SUPPORT */