diff --git a/pkg/messaging/client.go b/pkg/messaging/client.go
index 184dd84b76..8ae8940d06 100644
--- a/pkg/messaging/client.go
+++ b/pkg/messaging/client.go
@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@ func (c *Client) Dial(ctx context.Context, remote cipher.PubKey) (transport.Tran
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("noise setup: %s", err)
 	}
-	channel.ID = clientLink.chans.add(channel)
+	localID := clientLink.chans.add(channel)
 
 	msg, err := channel.noise.HandshakeMessage()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("noise handshake: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if _, err := clientLink.link.SendOpenChannel(channel.ID, remote, msg); err != nil {
+	if _, err := clientLink.link.SendOpenChannel(localID, remote, msg); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open channel: %s", err)
 	}
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func (c *Client) Dial(ctx context.Context, remote cipher.PubKey) (transport.Tran
 		return nil, ctx.Err()
 	}
 
-	c.Logger.Infof("Opened new channel ID %d with %s", channel.ID, remote)
+	c.Logger.Infof("Opened new channel local ID %d, remote ID %d with %s", localID, channel.ID, remote)
 	return newAckedChannel(channel), nil
 }
 
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func (c *Client) onData(l *Link, frameType FrameType, body []byte) error {
 		} else {
 			c.Logger.Infof("Opened new channel local ID %d, remote ID %d with %s", lID, channelID,
 				hex.EncodeToString(body[1:34]))
-			_, sendErr = l.SendChannelOpened(lID, msg)
+			_, sendErr = l.SendChannelOpened(channelID, lID, msg)
 		}
 
 		return c.warnSendError(remotePK, sendErr)
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ func (c *Client) onData(l *Link, frameType FrameType, body []byte) error {
 		_, sendErr = l.SendChannelClosed(channel.ID)
 		c.Logger.Debugf("Closed channel ID %d", channelID)
 	case FrameTypeChannelOpened:
-		if err := channel.noise.ProcessMessage(body[1:]); err != nil {
+		channel.ID = body[1]
+		if err := channel.noise.ProcessMessage(body[2:]); err != nil {
 			sendErr = fmt.Errorf("noise handshake: %s", err)
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/messaging/client_test.go b/pkg/messaging/client_test.go
index 806d419f25..0c35570d21 100644
--- a/pkg/messaging/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/messaging/client_test.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func (s *mockServer) onData(l *Link, frameType FrameType, body []byte) error {
 	case FrameTypeOpenChannel:
 		_, err = ol.SendOpenChannel(channelID, l.Remote(), body[34:])
 	case FrameTypeChannelOpened:
-		_, err = ol.SendChannelOpened(channelID, body[1:])
+		_, err = ol.SendChannelOpened(channelID, channelID, body[2:])
 	case FrameTypeCloseChannel:
 		l.SendChannelClosed(channelID) // nolint
 		_, err = ol.SendCloseChannel(channelID)
diff --git a/pkg/messaging/link.go b/pkg/messaging/link.go
index 6cd9942be9..9583986e00 100644
--- a/pkg/messaging/link.go
+++ b/pkg/messaging/link.go
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ func (c *Link) SendOpenChannel(channelID byte, remotePK cipher.PubKey, noiseMsg
 }
 
 // SendChannelOpened sends ChannelOpened frame.
-func (c *Link) SendChannelOpened(channelID byte, noiseMsg []byte) (int, error) {
-	return c.writeFrame(FrameTypeChannelOpened, append([]byte{channelID}, noiseMsg...))
+func (c *Link) SendChannelOpened(channelID byte, remoteID byte, noiseMsg []byte) (int, error) {
+	return c.writeFrame(FrameTypeChannelOpened, append([]byte{channelID, remoteID}, noiseMsg...))
 }
 
 // SendCloseChannel sends CloseChannel request.