diff --git a/host-cmd-manager.cpp b/host-cmd-manager.cpp
index ff54468..e52c9bb 100644
--- a/host-cmd-manager.cpp
+++ b/host-cmd-manager.cpp
@@ -112,11 +112,10 @@
     {
         log<level::DEBUG>("Asserting SMS Attention");
 
+        std::string HOST_IPMI_SVC("org.openbmc.HostIpmi");
         std::string IPMI_PATH("/org/openbmc/HostIpmi/1");
         std::string IPMI_INTERFACE("org.openbmc.HostIpmi");
 
-        auto host = ::ipmi::getService(this->bus, IPMI_INTERFACE, IPMI_PATH);
-
         // Start the timer for this transaction
         auto time = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(
             std::chrono::seconds(IPMI_SMS_ATN_ACK_TIMEOUT_SECS));
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@
         }
 
         auto method =
-            this->bus.new_method_call(host.c_str(), IPMI_PATH.c_str(),
+            this->bus.new_method_call(HOST_IPMI_SVC.c_str(), IPMI_PATH.c_str(),
                                       IPMI_INTERFACE.c_str(), "setAttention");
         auto reply = this->bus.call(method);