diff --git a/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c b/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c
index e3891d107d570a6c25fddd8f1053aa563b2286fe..4ffa92c963fa333d31695dea3fd9f8f7a5e788a6 100644
--- a/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c
+++ b/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c
@@ -727,8 +727,8 @@ static void ptlrpc_maybe_ping_import_soon(struct obd_import *imp)
          * to have two identical connections in imp_conn_list. We must
          * compare not conn's pointers but NIDs, otherwise we can defeat
          * connection throttling. (See bug 14774.) */
-        if (imp->imp_conn_current->oic_conn->c_self !=
-                                imp_conn->oic_conn->c_self) {
+        if (imp->imp_conn_current->oic_conn->c_peer.nid !=
+                                imp_conn->oic_conn->c_peer.nid) {
                 ptlrpc_ping_import_soon(imp);
                 wake_pinger = 1;
         }