diff --git a/src/nm-dbus-utils.c b/src/nm-dbus-utils.c
index 8e7dd122d0..7b9c56b67a 100644
--- a/src/nm-dbus-utils.c
+++ b/src/nm-dbus-utils.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ nm_dbus_utils_g_value_set_object_path_from_hash (GValue *value,
 	while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, (gpointer *) &obj, NULL)) {
 		const char *path;
 
-		path = nm_dbus_object_get_path (obj);
+		path = nm_dbus_object_get_path_still_exported (obj);
 		if (!path) {
 			nm_assert (!expect_all_exported);
 			continue;