diff --git a/src/nm-pacrunner-manager.c b/src/nm-pacrunner-manager.c
index cfc028c2c..fd3d1f8a2 100644
--- a/src/nm-pacrunner-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-pacrunner-manager.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ pacrunner_send_done (GDBusProxy *proxy, GAsyncResult *res, gpointer user_data)
 		_LOG2D (config, "sent");
 
 		if (config->removed) {
+			config_ref (config);
 			g_dbus_proxy_call (priv->pacrunner,
 			                   "DestroyProxyConfiguration",
 			                   g_variant_new ("(o)", config->path),