diff --git a/openbsc/include/openbsc/gsm_subscriber.h b/openbsc/include/openbsc/gsm_subscriber.h
index f01a47ff0..aaf261eda 100644
--- a/openbsc/include/openbsc/gsm_subscriber.h
+++ b/openbsc/include/openbsc/gsm_subscriber.h
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ struct gsm_subscriber *subscr_get_by_id(struct gsm_network *net,
 int subscr_update(struct gsm_subscriber *s, struct gsm_bts *bts, int reason);
 void subscr_put_channel(struct gsm_lchan *lchan);
 void subscr_get_channel(struct gsm_subscriber *subscr,
-                        struct gsm_network *network, int type,
-		        gsm_cbfn *cbfn, void *param);
+                        int type, gsm_cbfn *cbfn, void *param);
 
 /* internal */
 struct gsm_subscriber *subscr_alloc(void);
diff --git a/openbsc/src/gsm_subscriber_base.c b/openbsc/src/gsm_subscriber_base.c
index 83addd0a8..d6a179b5c 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/gsm_subscriber_base.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/gsm_subscriber_base.c
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ struct subscr_request {
 	/* the requested channel type */
 	int channel_type;
 
-	/* the bts we have decided to use */
-	struct gsm_network *network;
-
 	/* the callback data */
 	gsm_cbfn *cbfn;
 	void *param;
@@ -100,7 +97,7 @@ static void subscr_send_paging_request(struct gsm_subscriber *subscr)
 	assert(!llist_empty(&subscr->requests));
 
 	request = (struct subscr_request *)subscr->requests.next;
-	paging_request(request->network, subscr, request->channel_type,
+	paging_request(subscr->net, subscr, request->channel_type,
 		       subscr_paging_cb, subscr);
 }
 
@@ -146,8 +143,7 @@ struct gsm_subscriber *subscr_put(struct gsm_subscriber *subscr)
 }
 
 void subscr_get_channel(struct gsm_subscriber *subscr,
-			struct gsm_network *network, int type,
-			gsm_cbfn *cbfn, void *param)
+			int type, gsm_cbfn *cbfn, void *param)
 {
 	struct subscr_request *request;
 
@@ -160,7 +156,6 @@ void subscr_get_channel(struct gsm_subscriber *subscr,
 	}
 
 	memset(request, 0, sizeof(*request));
-	request->network = network;
 	request->subscr = subscr;
 	request->channel_type = type;
 	request->cbfn = cbfn;
diff --git a/openbsc/tests/channel/channel_test.c b/openbsc/tests/channel/channel_test.c
index 4dcf69ae2..1b01878b5 100644
--- a/openbsc/tests/channel/channel_test.c
+++ b/openbsc/tests/channel/channel_test.c
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 	/* Create a dummy subscriber */
 	struct gsm_subscriber *subscr = subscr_alloc();
 	subscr->lac = 23;
+	subscr->net = network;
 
 	/* Ask for a channel... */
-	subscr_get_channel(subscr, network, RSL_CHANNEED_TCH_F, subscr_cb, (void*)0x2342L);
+	subscr_get_channel(subscr, RSL_CHANNEED_TCH_F, subscr_cb, (void*)0x2342L);
 
 	while (1) {
 		bsc_select_main(0);