diff --git a/libnm/nm-device.c b/libnm/nm-device.c
index e509ddf2d..2ee83cf56 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-device.c
+++ b/libnm/nm-device.c
@@ -2425,7 +2425,7 @@ nm_device_delete_async (NMDevice *device,
 	                      user_data,
 	                      g_dbus_proxy_get_object_path (G_DBUS_PROXY (NM_DEVICE_GET_PRIVATE (device)->proxy)),
 	                      NM_DBUS_INTERFACE_DEVICE,
-	                      "Disconnect",
+	                      "Delete",
 	                      g_variant_new ("()"),
 	                      G_VARIANT_TYPE ("()"),
 	                      G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,