diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9a0ba41e66..1388608ee6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-09-24  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* introspection/nm-manager.xml
+	  src/nm-manager.c
+		- (impl_manager_legacy_state): fix 'state' method call return value
+
 2007-09-24  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* test/Makefile.am: Install nm-tool
diff --git a/introspection/nm-manager.xml b/introspection/nm-manager.xml
index b66089a8df..4151768d6e 100644
--- a/introspection/nm-manager.xml
+++ b/introspection/nm-manager.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 
     <method name="state">
       <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.CSymbol" value="impl_manager_legacy_state"/>
+      <arg name="state" type="u" direction="out"/>
     </method>
 
   </interface>
diff --git a/src/nm-manager.c b/src/nm-manager.c
index e49ebc27a2..9f7d045056 100644
--- a/src/nm-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-manager.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static gboolean impl_manager_sleep (NMManager *manager, gboolean sleep, GError *
 
 static gboolean impl_manager_legacy_sleep (NMManager *manager, GError **err);
 static gboolean impl_manager_legacy_wake  (NMManager *manager, GError **err);
-static gboolean impl_manager_legacy_state (NMManager *manager, GError **err);
+static gboolean impl_manager_legacy_state (NMManager *manager, guint32 *state, GError **err);
 
 #include "nm-manager-glue.h"
 
@@ -887,9 +887,10 @@ impl_manager_legacy_wake  (NMManager *manager, GError **err)
 }
 
 static gboolean
-impl_manager_legacy_state (NMManager *manager, GError **err)
+impl_manager_legacy_state (NMManager *manager, guint32 *state, GError **err)
 {
-	return nm_manager_get_state (manager);
+	*state = nm_manager_get_state (manager);
+	return TRUE;
 }