diff --git a/pkg/test/context.go b/pkg/test/context.go
index 71584c54a3f..7dc73860dcc 100644
--- a/pkg/test/context.go
+++ b/pkg/test/context.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type TestCtx struct {
 
 type finalizerFn func() error
 
-func NewTestCtx(t *testing.T) TestCtx {
+func NewTestCtx(t *testing.T) *TestCtx {
 	var prefix string
 	if t != nil {
 		// TestCtx is used among others for namespace names where '/' is forbidden
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func NewTestCtx(t *testing.T) TestCtx {
 	}
 
 	id := prefix + "-" + strconv.FormatInt(time.Now().Unix(), 10)
-	return TestCtx{
+	return &TestCtx{
 		ID: id,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/test-framework/memcached_test.go b/test/test-framework/memcached_test.go
index b138784a8ee..131b301a2d8 100644
--- a/test/test-framework/memcached_test.go
+++ b/test/test-framework/memcached_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func TestMemcached(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func memcachedScaleTest(t *testing.T, f *framework.Framework, ctx framework.TestCtx) error {
+func memcachedScaleTest(t *testing.T, f *framework.Framework, ctx *framework.TestCtx) error {
 	namespace, err := ctx.GetNamespace()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not get namespace: %v", err)