diff --git a/src/devices/nm-device.c b/src/devices/nm-device.c
index 8d1fd23311..8bfc9688cd 100644
--- a/src/devices/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/devices/nm-device.c
@@ -1981,8 +1981,12 @@ device_link_changed (NMDevice *self)
 			_LOGD (LOGD_DEVICE, "IPv6 tokenized identifier present on device %s", priv->iface);
 	}
 
-	if (klass->link_changed)
-		klass->link_changed (self, &info);
+	/* Update carrier from link event if applicable. */
+	if (   nm_device_has_capability (self, NM_DEVICE_CAP_CARRIER_DETECT)
+	    && !nm_device_has_capability (self, NM_DEVICE_CAP_NONSTANDARD_CARRIER))
+		nm_device_set_carrier (self, pllink->connected);
+
+	klass->link_changed (self, &info);
 
 	/* Update DHCP, etc, if needed */
 	if (ip_ifname_changed)
@@ -2121,10 +2125,7 @@ link_changed_cb (NMPlatform *platform,
 static void
 link_changed (NMDevice *self, const NMPlatformLink *pllink)
 {
-	/* Update carrier from link event if applicable. */
-	if (   nm_device_has_capability (self, NM_DEVICE_CAP_CARRIER_DETECT)
-	    && !nm_device_has_capability (self, NM_DEVICE_CAP_NONSTANDARD_CARRIER))
-		nm_device_set_carrier (self, pllink->connected);
+	/* stub implementation of virtual function to allow subclasses to chain up. */
 }
 
 static gboolean
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-connection.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-connection.c
index 92593644d7..33f4847ed1 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-connection.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-connection.c
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ nm_ifcfg_connection_check_devtimeout (NMIfcfgConnection *self)
 	             devtimeout, ifname, nm_connection_get_id (NM_CONNECTION (self)));
 
 	priv->devtimeout_link_changed_handler =
-		g_signal_connect (NM_PLATFORM_GET, NM_PLATFORM_SIGNAL_LINK_CHANGED,
-		                  G_CALLBACK (link_changed), self);
+	    g_signal_connect (NM_PLATFORM_GET, NM_PLATFORM_SIGNAL_LINK_CHANGED,
+	                      G_CALLBACK (link_changed), self);
 	priv->devtimeout_timeout_id = g_timeout_add_seconds (devtimeout, devtimeout_expired, self);
 }