diff --git a/examples/gcoap/gcoap_cli.c b/examples/gcoap/gcoap_cli.c
index 3c2ae1bfec..b1fa5095a2 100644
--- a/examples/gcoap/gcoap_cli.c
+++ b/examples/gcoap/gcoap_cli.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * @brief       gcoap CLI support
  *
  * @author      Ken Bannister <kb2ma@runbox.com>
+ * @author      Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
  *
  * @}
  */
@@ -31,8 +32,8 @@
 
 static ssize_t _encode_link(const coap_resource_t *resource, char *buf,
                             size_t maxlen, coap_link_encoder_ctx_t *context);
-static void _resp_handler(unsigned req_state, coap_pkt_t* pdu,
-                          sock_udp_ep_t *remote);
+static void _resp_handler(const gcoap_request_memo_t *memo, coap_pkt_t* pdu,
+                          const sock_udp_ep_t *remote);
 static ssize_t _stats_handler(coap_pkt_t* pdu, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, void *ctx);
 static ssize_t _riot_board_handler(coap_pkt_t* pdu, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, void *ctx);
 
@@ -84,16 +85,16 @@ static ssize_t _encode_link(const coap_resource_t *resource, char *buf,
 /*
  * Response callback.
  */
-static void _resp_handler(unsigned req_state, coap_pkt_t* pdu,
-                          sock_udp_ep_t *remote)
+static void _resp_handler(const gcoap_request_memo_t *memo, coap_pkt_t* pdu,
+                          const sock_udp_ep_t *remote)
 {
     (void)remote;       /* not interested in the source currently */
 
-    if (req_state == GCOAP_MEMO_TIMEOUT) {
+    if (memo->state == GCOAP_MEMO_TIMEOUT) {
         printf("gcoap: timeout for msg ID %02u\n", coap_get_id(pdu));
         return;
     }
-    else if (req_state == GCOAP_MEMO_ERR) {
+    else if (memo->state == GCOAP_MEMO_ERR) {
         printf("gcoap: error in response\n");
         return;
     }