diff --git a/src/capwap/conn_init.c b/src/capwap/conn_init.c
index 7ffaa2cd..bb6bec8c 100644
--- a/src/capwap/conn_init.c
+++ b/src/capwap/conn_init.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ void conn_init(struct conn * conn)
 	conn->strict_capwap=1;
 
 	conn->remote = mbag_create();
+
+	conn->process_packet=conn_process_packet;
 }