diff --git a/system-settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c b/system-settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c
index e6dfa5bcea..37bf97280c 100644
--- a/system-settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c
+++ b/system-settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/plugin.c
@@ -218,8 +218,6 @@ connection_changed_handler (SCPluginIfcfg *plugin,
 	g_return_if_fail (do_remove != NULL);
 	g_return_if_fail (do_new != NULL);
 
-	PLUGIN_PRINT (IFCFG_PLUGIN_NAME, "updating %s", path);
-
 	new = (NMIfcfgConnection *) nm_ifcfg_connection_new (path, &error, &ignore_error);
 	if (!new) {
 		/* errors reading connection; remove it */
@@ -234,8 +232,19 @@ connection_changed_handler (SCPluginIfcfg *plugin,
 		return;
 	}
 
+
 	/* Successfully read connection changes */
 
+	/* When the connections are the same, nothing is done */
+	if (nm_connection_compare (NM_CONNECTION (connection),
+	                           NM_CONNECTION (new),
+	                           NM_SETTING_COMPARE_FLAG_EXACT)) {
+		g_object_unref (new);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	PLUGIN_PRINT (IFCFG_PLUGIN_NAME, "updating %s", path);
+
 	old_unmanaged = nm_ifcfg_connection_get_unmanaged_spec (NM_IFCFG_CONNECTION (connection));
 	new_unmanaged = nm_ifcfg_connection_get_unmanaged_spec (NM_IFCFG_CONNECTION (new));