diff --git a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting.c b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting.c
index 8c129df7f..27f835961 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting.c
+++ b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting.c
@@ -993,6 +993,10 @@ out_notify:
      *
      * Currently we never set that, also because we still support glib 2.40. */
     nm_assert(!NM_FLAGS_HAS(pspec->flags, 1 << 30 /* G_PARAM_EXPLICIT_NOTIFY */));
+
+    /* We only notify "direct_also_notify". The other property is automatically notified. */
+    nm_gobject_notify_together_by_pspec(object, property_info->direct_also_notify);
+
     return;
 
 out_fail:
@@ -1388,7 +1392,9 @@ _nm_setting_property_from_dbus_fcn_direct_mac_address(_NM_SETT_INFO_PROP_FROM_DB
 
     if (nm_strdup_reset_take(_nm_setting_get_private_field(setting, sett_info, property_info),
                              length > 0 ? nm_utils_hwaddr_ntoa(array, length) : NULL)) {
-        g_object_notify_by_pspec(G_OBJECT(setting), property_info->param_spec);
+        nm_gobject_notify_together_by_pspec(setting,
+                                            property_info->param_spec,
+                                            property_info->direct_also_notify);
     } else
         *out_is_modified = FALSE;
 
@@ -1692,7 +1698,9 @@ out_unchanged:
 
 out_notify:
     *out_is_modified = TRUE;
-    g_object_notify_by_pspec(G_OBJECT(setting), property_info->param_spec);
+    nm_gobject_notify_together_by_pspec(setting,
+                                        property_info->param_spec,
+                                        property_info->direct_also_notify);
     return TRUE;
 
 out_error_wrong_dbus_type:
diff --git a/src/libnm-core-impl/tests/test-setting.c b/src/libnm-core-impl/tests/test-setting.c
index e799069d7..f42f6fa74 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-impl/tests/test-setting.c
+++ b/src/libnm-core-impl/tests/test-setting.c
@@ -4749,6 +4749,24 @@ test_setting_metadata(void)
             if (!can_have_direct_set_fcn)
                 g_assert(!sip->direct_set_fcn.set_string);
 
+            if (sip->property_type->direct_type == NM_VALUE_TYPE_NONE)
+                g_assert(!sip->direct_also_notify);
+            else {
+                if (sip->direct_also_notify) {
+                    guint prop_idx2;
+                    guint cnt = 0;
+
+                    for (prop_idx2 = 0; prop_idx2 < sis->property_infos_len; prop_idx2++) {
+                        const NMSettInfoProperty *sip2 = &sis->property_infos[prop_idx2];
+
+                        if (sip2->param_spec == sip->direct_also_notify)
+                            cnt++;
+                    }
+                    g_assert_cmpint(cnt, ==, 1u);
+                    g_assert(sip->param_spec != sip->direct_also_notify);
+                }
+            }
+
             n_special_options = (sip->direct_set_string_mac_address_len != 0)
                                 + (!!sip->direct_set_string_strip)
                                 + (!!sip->direct_set_string_ascii_strdown)
diff --git a/src/libnm-core-intern/nm-core-internal.h b/src/libnm-core-intern/nm-core-internal.h
index 42ddeb5e1..efc2613a2 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-intern/nm-core-internal.h
+++ b/src/libnm-core-intern/nm-core-internal.h
@@ -784,6 +784,10 @@ struct _NMSettInfoProperty {
                                const char               *src);
     } direct_set_fcn;
 
+    /* For direct properties, this is the param_spec that also should be
+     * notified on changes. */
+    GParamSpec *direct_also_notify;
+
     /* This only has meaning for direct properties (property_type->direct_type != NM_VALUE_TYPE_UNSPEC).
      * In that case, this is the offset where _nm_setting_get_private() can find
      * the direct location. */