diff --git a/openbsc/src/abis_rsl.c b/openbsc/src/abis_rsl.c
index 79c8eeb..f305bb1 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/abis_rsl.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/abis_rsl.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@
 
 	/* go back to the none state */
 	LOGP(DRSL, LOGL_NOTICE, "%s is back in operation.\n", gsm_lchan_name(lchan));
-	lchan->state = LCHAN_S_NONE;
+	rsl_lchan_set_state(lchan, LCHAN_S_NONE);
 }
 
 /* Chapter 8.4.14 / 4.7: Tell BTS to release the radio channel */
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@
 		 * be a problem when we have reassigned the channel to someone else and then can
 		 * not figure out who used this channel.
 		 */
-		lchan->state = LCHAN_S_REL_ERR;
+		rsl_lchan_set_state(lchan, LCHAN_S_REL_ERR);
 		lchan->error_timer.data = lchan;
 		lchan->error_timer.cb = error_timeout_cb;
 		bsc_schedule_timer(&lchan->error_timer,