diff --git a/src/devices/wwan/nm-modem-broadband.c b/src/devices/wwan/nm-modem-broadband.c
index 0510902a31..eb5b21aa7e 100644
--- a/src/devices/wwan/nm-modem-broadband.c
+++ b/src/devices/wwan/nm-modem-broadband.c
@@ -341,15 +341,18 @@ connect_ready (MMModemSimple *simple_iface,
                GAsyncResult *res,
                NMModemBroadband *self)
 {
-	ConnectContext *ctx = NULL;
+	ConnectContext *ctx;
 	GError *error = NULL;
 	NMModemIPMethod ip4_method = NM_MODEM_IP_METHOD_UNKNOWN;
 	NMModemIPMethod ip6_method = NM_MODEM_IP_METHOD_UNKNOWN;
+	MMBearer *bearer;
 
-	MMBearer *bearer = mm_modem_simple_connect_finish (simple_iface, res, &error);
+	bearer = mm_modem_simple_connect_finish (simple_iface, res, &error);
 
-	if (g_error_matches (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED))
+	if (g_error_matches (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED)) {
+		g_error_free (error);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	ctx = self->_priv.ctx;