diff --git a/src/lib/edbus/edbus_core.c b/src/lib/edbus/edbus_core.c
index 32cfd66fa6..709420f986 100644
--- a/src/lib/edbus/edbus_core.c
+++ b/src/lib/edbus/edbus_core.c
@@ -1259,6 +1259,7 @@ edbus_name_owner_changed_callback_del(EDBus_Connection *conn, const char *bus, E
         free(data);
      }
    free(found);
+   edbus_connection_name_gc(conn, cn);
 }
 
 EAPI void