diff --git a/sensorhandler.cpp b/sensorhandler.cpp
index 95d8ad0..892511a 100644
--- a/sensorhandler.cpp
+++ b/sensorhandler.cpp
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
     }
     objects.emplace(iter->second.sensorPath, std::move(interfaces));
 
-    sdbusplus::bus::bus bus{sd_bus_ref(ipmid_get_sd_bus_connection())};
+    sdbusplus::bus::bus bus{ipmid_get_sd_bus_connection()};
     using namespace std::string_literals;
     static const auto intf = "xyz.openbmc_project.Inventory.Manager"s;
     static const auto path = "/xyz/openbmc_project/inventory"s;