diff --git a/libnm/nm-device.c b/libnm/nm-device.c
index 81077bee4d..5679fd5f3d 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-device.c
+++ b/libnm/nm-device.c
@@ -2355,7 +2355,7 @@ nm_device_get_applied_connection (NMDevice *device,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	connection = nm_simple_connection_new_from_dbus (dict, error);
+	connection = _nm_simple_connection_new_from_dbus (dict, NM_SETTING_PARSE_FLAGS_BEST_EFFORT, error);
 	if (!connection)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ device_get_applied_connection_cb (GObject *proxy,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	connection = nm_simple_connection_new_from_dbus (dict, &error);
+	connection = _nm_simple_connection_new_from_dbus (dict, NM_SETTING_PARSE_FLAGS_BEST_EFFORT, &error);
 	if (!connection) {
 		g_simple_async_result_take_error (simple, error);
 		goto out;