diff --git a/internal/eventhandler/eventhandler.go b/internal/eventhandler/eventhandler.go
index 38b736d47..fc3806908 100644
--- a/internal/eventhandler/eventhandler.go
+++ b/internal/eventhandler/eventhandler.go
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func (eh *EventHandler) RetriggerEscalations(ev *event.Event) {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			channels.LoadEscalationRecipientsChannel(escalation, eh.Incident, ev.Time)
+			channels.LoadEscalationRecipientsChannel(escalation.Recipients, eh.Incident, ev.Time)
 		}
 
 		notifications, err = eh.addPendingNotifications(ctx, tx, ev, types.Int{})
diff --git a/internal/incident/incident.go b/internal/incident/incident.go
index ac0ad0fc5..2f86af848 100644
--- a/internal/incident/incident.go
+++ b/internal/incident/incident.go
@@ -474,15 +474,15 @@ func (i *Incident) GetRecipientsChannel(evTime time.Time) ContactChannels {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		contactChs.LoadEscalationRecipientsChannel(escalation.EscalationTemplate, i, evTime)
+		contactChs.LoadEscalationRecipientsChannel(escalation.Recipients, i, evTime)
 	}
 
 	return contactChs
 }
 
 // LoadEscalationRecipientsChannel loads all the configured channel of all the provided escalation recipients.
-func (rct ContactChannels) LoadEscalationRecipientsChannel(escalation *rule.EscalationTemplate, i *Incident, t time.Time) {
-	for _, escalationRecipient := range escalation.Recipients {
+func (rct ContactChannels) LoadEscalationRecipientsChannel(escRecipients []*rule.EscalationRecipient, i *Incident, t time.Time) {
+	for _, escalationRecipient := range escRecipients {
 		role := i.Recipients[escalationRecipient.Key]
 		if role == common.RoleNone {
 			continue