diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/connection.c b/drivers/staging/hv/connection.c
index 37bbf770ef117714d320a8e18e368b2835263e3b..fc93bdfdd0bd9059558ce95418ca63eb50f97fdb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/connection.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/connection.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void process_chn_event(u32 relid)
 	channel = relid2channel(relid);
 
 	if (channel) {
-		vmbus_onchannel_event(channel);
+		channel->onchannel_callback(channel->channel_callback_context);
 	} else {
 		pr_err("channel not found for relid - %u\n", relid);
 	}