diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_clients/ipa_mhi_client.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_clients/ipa_mhi_client.c
index f715f0bf2824..c356ae76bb01 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_clients/ipa_mhi_client.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_clients/ipa_mhi_client.c
@@ -1669,7 +1669,8 @@ int ipa_mhi_connect_pipe(struct ipa_mhi_connect_params *in, u32 *clnt_hdl)
 		internal.start.gsi.mhi = &channel->ch_scratch.mhi;
 		internal.start.gsi.cached_gsi_evt_ring_hdl =
 				&channel->cached_gsi_evt_ring_hdl;
-		internal.start.gsi.evchid = channel->index;
+		internal.start.gsi.evchid = channel->ch_ctx_host.erindex -
+				ipa_mhi_client_ctx->first_er_idx;
 
 		res = ipa_connect_mhi_pipe(&internal, clnt_hdl);
 		if (res) {