diff --git a/channels.c b/channels.c
index dea60ba..efb04d6 100644
--- a/channels.c
+++ b/channels.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: channels.c,v 1.295 2009/02/12 03:00:56 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: channels.c,v 1.296 2009/05/25 06:48:00 andreas Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@
 	int id;
 
 	/* Reset keepalive timeout */
-	keep_alive_timeouts = 0;
+	packet_set_alive_timeouts(0);
 
 	id = packet_get_int();
 	packet_check_eom();