diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/check_types.v b/vlib/v/checker/check_types.v
index 2c3e546ca4931f..04c5b39c799336 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/check_types.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/check_types.v
@@ -225,8 +225,18 @@ fn (mut c Checker) check_expected_call_arg(got ast.Type, expected_ ast.Type, lan
 			return
 		}
 	} else {
+		if expected.has_flag(.option) {
+			got_is_ptr := got.is_ptr()
+				|| (arg.expr is ast.Ident && (arg.expr as ast.Ident).is_mut())
+			if (expected.is_ptr() && !got_is_ptr) || (!expected.is_ptr() && got.is_ptr()) {
+				got_typ_str, expected_typ_str := c.get_string_names_of(got, expected)
+				return error('cannot use `${got_typ_str}` as `${expected_typ_str}`')
+			}
+		}
+
 		exp_sym_idx := c.table.sym(expected).idx
 		got_sym_idx := c.table.sym(got).idx
+
 		if expected.is_ptr() && got.is_ptr() && exp_sym_idx != got_sym_idx
 			&& exp_sym_idx in [ast.u8_type_idx, ast.byteptr_type_idx]
 			&& got_sym_idx !in [ast.u8_type_idx, ast.byteptr_type_idx] {
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/option_receive_ptr_err.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/option_receive_ptr_err.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c36c9fb4179350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/option_receive_ptr_err.out
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+vlib/v/checker/tests/option_receive_ptr_err.vv:14:23: error: cannot use `&MyStruct` as `?MyStruct` in argument 1 to `unwrap_option`
+   12 | 
+   13 | fn wrap_unwrap_ptr(event_data &MyStruct) int {
+   14 |     return unwrap_option(event_data)
+      |                          ~~~~~~~~~~
+   15 | }
+   16 |
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/option_receive_ptr_err.vv b/vlib/v/checker/tests/option_receive_ptr_err.vv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1d470b3d90969a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/option_receive_ptr_err.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+struct MyStruct {
+	x int
+}
+
+fn unwrap_option(event_data ?MyStruct) int {
+	if val := event_data {
+		return val.x
+	} else {
+		return 0
+	}
+}
+
+fn wrap_unwrap_ptr(event_data &MyStruct) int {
+	return unwrap_option(event_data)
+}
+
+fn main() {
+	data := MyStruct { x: 0 }
+	result := wrap_unwrap_ptr(&data)
+	assert data.x == result
+}
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