diff --git a/libnm-glib/nm-remote-connection.c b/libnm-glib/nm-remote-connection.c
index a03a44bf42..73a2cc83ef 100644
--- a/libnm-glib/nm-remote-connection.c
+++ b/libnm-glib/nm-remote-connection.c
@@ -137,12 +137,14 @@ result_cb (DBusGProxy *proxy, DBusGProxyCall *proxy_call, gpointer user_data)
 	RemoteCall *call = user_data;
 	NMRemoteConnectionResultFunc func = (NMRemoteConnectionResultFunc) call->callback;
 	GError *error = NULL;
+	NMRemoteConnection *self = g_object_ref (call->self);
 
 	dbus_g_proxy_end_call (proxy, proxy_call, &error, G_TYPE_INVALID);
 	if (func)
 		(*func) (call->self, error, call->user_data);
 	g_clear_error (&error);
 	remote_call_complete (call->self, call);
+	g_object_unref (self);
 }
 
 /**