diff --git a/libnm/nm-secret-agent-old.c b/libnm/nm-secret-agent-old.c
index 5da8ef655..7dec0557f 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-secret-agent-old.c
+++ b/libnm/nm-secret-agent-old.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ get_secrets_cb (NMSecretAgentOld *self,
 		g_dbus_method_invocation_return_gerror (info->context, error);
 	else {
 		g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value (info->context,
-		                                       g_variant_new ("(@a{sa{sv}})", secrets));
+		                                       g_variant_new ("(a{sa{sv}})", secrets));
 	}
 
 	/* Remove the request from internal tracking */