diff --git a/vpn-daemons/vpnc/ChangeLog b/vpn-daemons/vpnc/ChangeLog
index 407ab0f6e..2fc2ed0a9 100644
--- a/vpn-daemons/vpnc/ChangeLog
+++ b/vpn-daemons/vpnc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-10-27  Christopher Aillon  <caillon@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/nm-vpn-service.c: Only signal the bus that state
+	changed	if old_state != new_state
+
 2005-10-17  Christopher Aillon  <caillon@redhat.com>
 
 	* configure.in: Bump version to 0.5.0
diff --git a/vpn-daemons/vpnc/src/nm-vpnc-service.c b/vpn-daemons/vpnc/src/nm-vpnc-service.c
index dcc4e4889..897b8426a 100644
--- a/vpn-daemons/vpnc/src/nm-vpnc-service.c
+++ b/vpn-daemons/vpnc/src/nm-vpnc-service.c
@@ -179,8 +179,12 @@ static void nm_vpnc_set_state (NmVpncData *data, NMVPNState new_state)
 	g_return_if_fail (data != NULL);
 
 	old_state = data->state;
-	data->state = new_state;
-	nm_vpnc_dbus_signal_state_change (data, old_state);
+
+	if (old_state != new_state)
+	{
+		data->state = new_state;
+		nm_vpnc_dbus_signal_state_change (data, old_state);
+	}
 }