diff --git a/package/network/services/unetmsg/files/usr/share/ucode/unetmsg/unetmsgd-remote.uc b/package/network/services/unetmsg/files/usr/share/ucode/unetmsg/unetmsgd-remote.uc
index 18ee2a3684c..cfb702ad948 100644
--- a/package/network/services/unetmsg/files/usr/share/ucode/unetmsg/unetmsgd-remote.uc
+++ b/package/network/services/unetmsg/files/usr/share/ucode/unetmsg/unetmsgd-remote.uc
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ function network_open_channel(net, name, peer)
 		let net = networks[sock_data.network];
 		let cur_data = net.tx_channels[sock_data.name];
 		if (cur_data == sock_data)
-			delete net.rx_channels[sock_data.name];
+			delete net.tx_channels[sock_data.name];
 
 		network_tx_socket_close(sock_data);
 	};