diff --git a/modules/cdp/peerstatemachine.c b/modules/cdp/peerstatemachine.c
index b5e6dd7ae7c..c69cc9972a7 100644
--- a/modules/cdp/peerstatemachine.c
+++ b/modules/cdp/peerstatemachine.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ int sm_process(peer *p,peer_event_t event,AAAMessage *msg,int peer_locked,int so
  * @param p - peer to send to
  * @returns the new state for the peer
  */
-peer_state_t I_Snd_Conn_Req(peer *p)
+peer_event_t I_Snd_Conn_Req(peer *p)
 {
 	LM_INFO("I_Snd_Conn_Req(): Peer %.*s \n",
 			p->fqdn.len,p->fqdn.s);
diff --git a/modules/cdp/peerstatemachine.h b/modules/cdp/peerstatemachine.h
index 47d93f8433c..4b9ef8a3c36 100644
--- a/modules/cdp/peerstatemachine.h
+++ b/modules/cdp/peerstatemachine.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 int sm_process(peer *p,peer_event_t event,AAAMessage *msg,int peer_locked,int sock);
 
-peer_state_t I_Snd_Conn_Req(peer *p);
+peer_event_t I_Snd_Conn_Req(peer *p);
 void Cleanup(peer *p,int sock);
 void Error(peer *p, int sock);
 void I_Snd_CER(peer *p);