diff --git a/net/tipc/subscr.c b/net/tipc/subscr.c
index 8f8d0a6c1c1609ac2f9c7344880eeae344e00370..81e2bd5f2413819da3d2b0c84cb5627e87ceadc3 100644
--- a/net/tipc/subscr.c
+++ b/net/tipc/subscr.c
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ void tipc_subscr_report_overlap(struct subscription *sub,
 		return;
 	if (!must && !(sub->filter & TIPC_SUB_PORTS))
 		return;
-	subscr_send_event(sub, found_lower, found_upper, event, port_ref, node);
+
+	sub->event_cb(sub, found_lower, found_upper, event, port_ref, node);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -372,6 +373,7 @@ static void subscr_subscribe(struct tipc_subscr *s,
 		subscr_terminate(subscriber);
 		return;
 	}
+	sub->event_cb = subscr_send_event;
 	memcpy(&sub->evt.s, s, sizeof(struct tipc_subscr));
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sub->subscription_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sub->nameseq_list);
diff --git a/net/tipc/subscr.h b/net/tipc/subscr.h
index 93a8e674fac1dd4ccd370466156fab217f9d2f27..d9553683290793b1dda7982fef9202cf7c68a0ed 100644
--- a/net/tipc/subscr.h
+++ b/net/tipc/subscr.h
@@ -37,11 +37,18 @@
 #ifndef _TIPC_SUBSCR_H
 #define _TIPC_SUBSCR_H
 
+struct subscription;
+
+typedef void (*tipc_subscr_event) (struct subscription *sub,
+				   u32 found_lower, u32 found_upper,
+				   u32 event, u32 port_ref, u32 node);
+
 /**
  * struct subscription - TIPC network topology subscription object
  * @seq: name sequence associated with subscription
  * @timeout: duration of subscription (in ms)
  * @filter: event filtering to be done for subscription
+ * @event_cb: routine invoked when a subscription event is detected
  * @evt: template for events generated by subscription
  * @subscription_list: adjacent subscriptions in subscriber's subscription list
  * @nameseq_list: adjacent subscriptions in name sequence's subscription list
@@ -53,6 +60,7 @@ struct subscription {
 	struct tipc_name_seq seq;
 	u32 timeout;
 	u32 filter;
+	tipc_subscr_event event_cb;
 	struct tipc_event evt;
 	struct list_head subscription_list;
 	struct list_head nameseq_list;