diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 88f393747..0f9c4acc7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-12-18  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* gnome/libnm_glib/libnm_glib.c
+		- Change dbus_connection_close() -> dbus_connection_unref()
+
 2006-12-11  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/supplicant-manager/nm-supplicant-interface.c
diff --git a/gnome/libnm_glib/libnm_glib.c b/gnome/libnm_glib/libnm_glib.c
index 9a933dd90..a70a54821 100644
--- a/gnome/libnm_glib/libnm_glib.c
+++ b/gnome/libnm_glib/libnm_glib.c
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ libnm_glib_dbus_filter (DBusConnection *connection,
 	{
 		/* Try to reactivate our connection to dbus on the next pass through the event loop */
 		ctx->nm_state = LIBNM_NO_DBUS;
-		dbus_connection_close (ctx->dbus_con);
+		dbus_connection_unref (ctx->dbus_con);
+		ctx->dbus_con = NULL;
 		libnm_glib_schedule_dbus_watcher (ctx);
 	}
 	else if (dbus_message_is_signal (message, DBUS_INTERFACE_DBUS, "NameOwnerChanged"))
@@ -444,7 +445,10 @@ libnm_glib_ctx_free (libnm_glib_ctx *ctx)
 		g_main_loop_unref (ctx->g_main_loop);
 
 	if (ctx->dbus_con)
-		dbus_connection_close (ctx->dbus_con);
+	{
+		dbus_connection_unref (ctx->dbus_con);
+		ctx->dbus_con = NULL;
+	}
 
 	if (ctx->callbacks_lock)
 		g_mutex_free (ctx->callbacks_lock);