diff --git a/panels/printers/pp-details-dialog.c b/panels/printers/pp-details-dialog.c
index 4473d228a..35b65dcd9 100644
--- a/panels/printers/pp-details-dialog.c
+++ b/panels/printers/pp-details-dialog.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "cc-editable-entry.h"
 #include "pp-details-dialog.h"
 #include "pp-ppd-selection-dialog.h"
+#include "pp-printer.h"
 #include "pp-utils.h"
 
 struct _PpDetailsDialog {
@@ -67,6 +68,16 @@ struct _PpDetailsDialogClass
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (PpDetailsDialog, pp_details_dialog, GTK_TYPE_DIALOG)
 
+static void
+on_printer_rename_cb (GObject      *source_object,
+                      GAsyncResult *result,
+                      gpointer      user_data)
+{
+  pp_printer_rename_finish (PP_PRINTER (source_object), result, NULL);
+
+  g_object_unref (source_object);
+}
+
 static void
 pp_details_dialog_response_cb (GtkDialog *dialog,
                                gint       response_id,
@@ -87,9 +98,13 @@ pp_details_dialog_response_cb (GtkDialog *dialog,
   new_name = gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (self->printer_name_entry));
   if (g_strcmp0 (self->printer_name, new_name) != 0)
     {
-      printer_rename (self->printer_name, new_name);
+      PpPrinter *printer = pp_printer_new (self->printer_name);
 
-      self->printer_name = g_strdup (new_name);
+      pp_printer_rename_async (printer,
+                               new_name,
+                               NULL,
+                               on_printer_rename_cb,
+                               NULL);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/panels/printers/pp-printer.c b/panels/printers/pp-printer.c
index 220c93291..3854ffe88 100644
--- a/panels/printers/pp-printer.c
+++ b/panels/printers/pp-printer.c
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ pp_printer_rename_async (PpPrinter           *printer,
 {
   GTask *task;
 
+  g_return_if_fail (new_printer_name != NULL);
+
   task = g_task_new (G_OBJECT (printer), cancellable, callback, user_data);
   g_task_set_task_data (task, g_strdup (new_printer_name), g_free);