diff --git a/libnm-glib/nm-object-private.h b/libnm-glib/nm-object-private.h
index 03dd6db7f2..4410df22d6 100644
--- a/libnm-glib/nm-object-private.h
+++ b/libnm-glib/nm-object-private.h
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ typedef struct {
 } NMPropertiesChangedInfo;
 
 
-void             _nm_object_handle_properties_changed (NMObject *object,
-                                                      DBusGProxy *proxy,
-                                                      const NMPropertiesChangedInfo *info);
+void _nm_object_handle_properties_changed (NMObject *object,
+                                           DBusGProxy *proxy,
+                                           const NMPropertiesChangedInfo *info);
+
+void _nm_object_process_properties_changed (NMObject *self, GHashTable *properties);
 
 gboolean _nm_object_demarshal_generic (NMObject *object, GParamSpec *pspec, GValue *value, gpointer field);
 
diff --git a/libnm-glib/nm-object.c b/libnm-glib/nm-object.c
index 757dc6d2ed..8540ccca33 100644
--- a/libnm-glib/nm-object.c
+++ b/libnm-glib/nm-object.c
@@ -369,12 +369,18 @@ out:
 	g_free (prop_name);
 }
 
+void
+_nm_object_process_properties_changed (NMObject *self, GHashTable *properties)
+{
+	g_hash_table_foreach (properties, handle_property_changed, self);
+}
+
 static void
 properties_changed_proxy (DBusGProxy *proxy,
                           GHashTable *properties,
                           gpointer user_data)
 {
-	g_hash_table_foreach (properties, handle_property_changed, user_data);
+	_nm_object_process_properties_changed (NM_OBJECT (user_data), properties);
 }
 
 void