diff --git a/clients/cli/devices.c b/clients/cli/devices.c
index 65c4be7286..1e3d9e42cd 100644
--- a/clients/cli/devices.c
+++ b/clients/cli/devices.c
@@ -1716,6 +1716,8 @@ do_device_connect (NmCli *nmc, int argc, char **argv)
 	nmc->nowait_flag = (nmc->timeout == 0);
 	nmc->should_wait++;
 
+	nmc->connections = nm_client_get_connections (nmc->client);
+
 	/* Create secret agent */
 	nmc->secret_agent = nm_secret_agent_simple_new ("nmcli-connect");
 	if (nmc->secret_agent)