diff --git a/openbsc/src/libmsc/transaction.c b/openbsc/src/libmsc/transaction.c
index 2101ae9..a750362 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/libmsc/transaction.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/libmsc/transaction.c
@@ -98,11 +98,8 @@
 		break;
 	}
 
-	/* FIXME: implement a sane way to stop this. */
-	if (!trans->conn && trans->paging_request) {
-		LOGP(DNM, LOGL_ERROR,
-		     "Transaction freed while paging for sub: %llu\n",
-		     trans->subscr->id);
+	if (trans->paging_request) {
+		subscr_remove_request(trans->paging_request);
 		trans->paging_request = NULL;
 	}