diff --git a/include/sdbusplus/asio/connection.hpp b/include/sdbusplus/asio/connection.hpp
index 084b484..8badc94 100644
--- a/include/sdbusplus/asio/connection.hpp
+++ b/include/sdbusplus/asio/connection.hpp
@@ -53,15 +53,14 @@
   public:
     // default to system bus
     connection(boost::asio::io_context& io) :
-        sdbusplus::bus_t(sdbusplus::bus::new_default()), io_(io), socket(io_)
+        sdbusplus::bus_t(sdbusplus::bus::new_default()), io_(io),
+        socket(io_.get_executor(), get_fd())
     {
-        socket.assign(get_fd());
         read_wait();
     }
     connection(boost::asio::io_context& io, sd_bus* bus) :
-        sdbusplus::bus_t(bus), io_(io), socket(io_)
+        sdbusplus::bus_t(bus), io_(io), socket(io_.get_executor(), get_fd())
     {
-        socket.assign(get_fd());
         read_wait();
     }
     ~connection()