diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f74234fa43..e058ef41aa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-05-26  Tambet Ingo  <tambet@gmail.com>
+
+	* src/vpn-manager/nm-vpn-manager.c (nm_vpn_manager_get_service): Fix a
+	reference counting issue.
+
 2008-05-23  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	Patch from Benoit Boissinot <bboissin+networkmanager@gmail.com>
diff --git a/src/vpn-manager/nm-vpn-manager.c b/src/vpn-manager/nm-vpn-manager.c
index c9a0cd31a8..cef4a19803 100644
--- a/src/vpn-manager/nm-vpn-manager.c
+++ b/src/vpn-manager/nm-vpn-manager.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ nm_vpn_manager_get_service (NMVPNManager *manager, const char *service_name)
 		NMVPNService *service = NM_VPN_SERVICE (iter->data);
 
 		if (!strcmp (service_name, nm_vpn_service_get_name (service)))
-			return service;
+			return g_object_ref (service);
 	}
 
 	return NULL;