diff --git a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-nettools.c b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-nettools.c
index cf37ff4b2c..225c62640a 100644
--- a/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-nettools.c
+++ b/src/core/dhcp/nm-dhcp-nettools.c
@@ -1055,6 +1055,8 @@ _accept(NMDhcpClient *client, const NML3ConfigData *l3cd, GError **error)
     nm_assert(priv->granted.lease);
 
     r = n_dhcp4_client_lease_accept(priv->granted.lease);
+    if (!r)
+        lease_save(self, priv->granted.lease, priv->lease_file);
 
     nm_clear_pointer(&priv->granted.lease, n_dhcp4_client_lease_unref);
     nm_clear_l3cd(&priv->granted.lease_l3cd);