diff -ruNp dbus-1.1.20~/dbus/dbus-connection.c dbus-1.1.20/dbus/dbus-connection.c
--- dbus-1.1.20~/dbus/dbus-connection.c	2008-04-21 20:40:12.000000000 +0100
+++ dbus-1.1.20/dbus/dbus-connection.c	2008-04-21 20:41:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -3399,6 +3399,8 @@ _dbus_connection_read_write_dispatch (DB
 {
   DBusDispatchStatus dstatus;
   dbus_bool_t no_progress_possible;
+
+  dbus_connection_ref (connection);
   
   dstatus = dbus_connection_get_dispatch_status (connection);
 
@@ -3439,6 +3441,7 @@ _dbus_connection_read_write_dispatch (DB
   else
     no_progress_possible = _dbus_connection_get_is_connected_unlocked (connection);
   CONNECTION_UNLOCK (connection);
+  dbus_connection_unref (connection);
   return !no_progress_possible; /* TRUE if we can make more progress */
 }