diff --git a/src/remote/remote_driver.c b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
index 657364f4e697a68725a55e1690e06b068b9b54f0..fde2a3aff5135c882cc6dd020e2cacce4a49bbd1 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_driver.c
+++ b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
@@ -5062,7 +5062,7 @@ static int remoteConnectDomainEventDeregisterAny(virConnectPtr conn,
     /* If that was the last callback for this eventID, we need to disable
      * events on the server */
     if (count == 0) {
-        args.eventID = callbackID;
+        args.eventID = eventID;
 
         if (call(conn, priv, 0, REMOTE_PROC_CONNECT_DOMAIN_EVENT_DEREGISTER_ANY,
                  (xdrproc_t) xdr_remote_connect_domain_event_deregister_any_args, (char *) &args,