diff --git a/src/vcl/vcl_bapi.c b/src/vcl/vcl_bapi.c
index be7ce6b..a98b181 100644
--- a/src/vcl/vcl_bapi.c
+++ b/src/vcl/vcl_bapi.c
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
 vppcom_connect_to_vpp (char *app_name)
 {
   vcl_worker_t *wrk = vcl_worker_get_current ();
-  api_main_t *am = &api_main;
+  api_main_t *am = vlibapi_get_main ();
   vppcom_cfg_t *vcl_cfg = &vcm->cfg;
 
   if (vcl_cfg->vpp_api_socket_name)