diff --git a/src/datatypes.c b/src/datatypes.c
index 0f535b44ef..dc024f8398 100644
--- a/src/datatypes.c
+++ b/src/datatypes.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * datatypes.c: management of structs for public data types
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2015 Red Hat, Inc.
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ virGetConnect(void)
     if (!(ret = virObjectNew(virConnectClass)))
         return NULL;
 
-    if (!(ret->closeCallback = virObjectNew(virConnectCloseCallbackDataClass)))
+    if (!(ret->closeCallback = virObjectLockableNew(virConnectCloseCallbackDataClass)))
         goto error;
 
     if (virMutexInit(&ret->lock) < 0)