diff --git a/src/supplicant-manager/nm-supplicant-interface.c b/src/supplicant-manager/nm-supplicant-interface.c
index 08b850a322..7d33db465b 100644
--- a/src/supplicant-manager/nm-supplicant-interface.c
+++ b/src/supplicant-manager/nm-supplicant-interface.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ props_changed_cb (GDBusProxy *proxy,
 		set_state_from_string (self, s);
 	}
 
-	if (g_variant_lookup (changed_properties, "BSSs", "^a&s", &array)) {
+	if (g_variant_lookup (changed_properties, "BSSs", "^a&o", &array)) {
 		iter = array;
 		while (*iter)
 			handle_new_bss (self, *iter++);