diff --git a/libnm-glib/nm-remote-connection.c b/libnm-glib/nm-remote-connection.c
index 5d104d068..1039a7d18 100644
--- a/libnm-glib/nm-remote-connection.c
+++ b/libnm-glib/nm-remote-connection.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ get_secrets_cb (DBusGProxy *proxy, GHashTable *secrets, GError *error, gpointer
 	RemoteCall *call = user_data;
 	NMSettingsConnectionInterfaceGetSecretsFunc func = (NMSettingsConnectionInterfaceGetSecretsFunc) call->callback;
 
-	(*func)(NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_INTERFACE (call->self), secrets, error, call->user_data);
+	(*func)(NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_INTERFACE (call->self), error ? NULL : secrets, error, call->user_data);
 	remote_call_complete (call->self, call);
 }