diff --git a/src/devices/point-to-point/point-to-point-channel.cc b/src/devices/point-to-point/point-to-point-channel.cc
index 154f51784..af0871223 100644
--- a/src/devices/point-to-point/point-to-point-channel.cc
+++ b/src/devices/point-to-point/point-to-point-channel.cc
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Ptr<NetDevice>
 PointToPointChannel::GetDevice (uint32_t i) const
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION;
-  return GetDevice (i);
+  return GetPointToPointDevice (i);
 }