diff --git a/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_object.c b/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_object.c
index d481d3a669..6ff2450bd9 100644
--- a/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_object.c
+++ b/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_object.c
@@ -194,7 +194,11 @@ edbus_object_get(EDBus_Connection *conn, const char *bus, const char *path)
    EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN_VAL(path, NULL);
 
    obj = edbus_connection_name_object_get(conn, bus, path);
-   if (obj) return obj;
+   if (obj)
+     {
+        edbus_object_ref(obj);
+        return obj;
+     }
 
    obj = calloc(1, sizeof(EDBus_Object));
    EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN_VAL(obj, NULL);
diff --git a/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_proxy.c b/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_proxy.c
index ba20b8fc64..c8ccadd505 100644
--- a/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_proxy.c
+++ b/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_proxy.c
@@ -204,7 +204,11 @@ edbus_proxy_get(EDBus_Object *obj, const char *interface)
    EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN_VAL(interface, NULL);
 
    proxy = edbus_object_proxy_get(obj, interface);
-   if (proxy) return proxy;
+   if (proxy)
+     {
+        edbus_proxy_ref(proxy);
+        return proxy;
+     }
 
    proxy = calloc(1, sizeof(EDBus_Proxy));
    EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN_VAL(proxy, NULL);