diff --git a/direct/src/distributed/PyDatagram.py b/direct/src/distributed/PyDatagram.py
index aeedbe80ef..4222a5f1d2 100755
--- a/direct/src/distributed/PyDatagram.py
+++ b/direct/src/distributed/PyDatagram.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class PyDatagram(Datagram):
     
     def addServerControlHeader(self, code):
         self.addInt8(1)
-        self.addChannel(CONTROL_MESSAGE)
+        self.addChannel(CONTROL_CHANNEL)
         self.addUint16(code)
     
     def putArg(self, arg, subatomicType, divisor=1):