diff --git a/app/channel.cpp b/app/channel.cpp
index 6db987f..8d765c5 100644
--- a/app/channel.cpp
+++ b/app/channel.cpp
@@ -99,15 +99,6 @@
                                  ipmi_context_t context)
 {
     ipmi_ret_t rc = IPMI_CC_OK;
-    uint8_t resp[] = {1,
-                      IPMI_CHANNEL_MEDIUM_TYPE_OTHER,
-                      IPMI_CHANNEL_TYPE_IPMB,
-                      1,
-                      0x41,
-                      0xA7,
-                      0x00,
-                      0,
-                      0};
     uint8_t* p = (uint8_t*)request;
     int channel = (*p) & CHANNEL_MASK;
     std::string ethdevice = ipmi::network::ChanneltoEthernet(channel);
@@ -122,6 +113,16 @@
     }
     else
     {
+        uint8_t resp[] = {1,
+                          IPMI_CHANNEL_MEDIUM_TYPE_OTHER,
+                          IPMI_CHANNEL_TYPE_IPMB,
+                          1,
+                          0x41,
+                          0xA7,
+                          0x00,
+                          0,
+                          0};
+
         *data_len = sizeof(resp);
         memcpy(response, resp, *data_len);
     }