diff --git a/panels/network/connection-editor/ce-page-security.c b/panels/network/connection-editor/ce-page-security.c
index 1f0eceb00..d06e3aeb1 100644
--- a/panels/network/connection-editor/ce-page-security.c
+++ b/panels/network/connection-editor/ce-page-security.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ finish_setup (CEPageSecurity *page)
         if (sws)
                 default_type = get_default_type_for_security (sws);
 
-        sec_model = gtk_list_store_new (3, G_TYPE_STRING, wireless_security_get_type (), G_TYPE_BOOLEAN);
+        sec_model = gtk_list_store_new (3, G_TYPE_STRING, WIRELESS_TYPE_SECURITY, G_TYPE_BOOLEAN);
 
         if (nm_utils_security_valid (NMU_SEC_NONE, dev_caps, FALSE, is_adhoc, 0, 0, 0)) {
                 gtk_list_store_insert_with_values (sec_model, &iter, -1,
diff --git a/panels/network/wireless-security/wireless-security.c b/panels/network/wireless-security/wireless-security.c
index b29d50edb..8c179a764 100644
--- a/panels/network/wireless-security/wireless-security.c
+++ b/panels/network/wireless-security/wireless-security.c
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ wireless_security_init (gsize obj_size,
 	g_return_val_if_fail (ui_resource != NULL, NULL);
 	g_return_val_if_fail (ui_widget_name != NULL, NULL);
 
+	g_type_ensure (WIRELESS_TYPE_SECURITY);
+
 	sec = g_slice_alloc0 (obj_size);
 	g_assert (sec);
 
diff --git a/panels/network/wireless-security/wireless-security.h b/panels/network/wireless-security/wireless-security.h
index 4de618e16..975e750f6 100644
--- a/panels/network/wireless-security/wireless-security.h
+++ b/panels/network/wireless-security/wireless-security.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 
+#define WIRELESS_TYPE_SECURITY (wireless_security_get_type ())
+
 typedef struct _WirelessSecurity WirelessSecurity;
 
 typedef void (*WSChangedFunc) (WirelessSecurity *sec, gpointer user_data);