diff --git a/gio/gnetworkmonitorbase.c b/gio/gnetworkmonitorbase.c
index 2494ca3da..5baf5fda7 100644
--- a/gio/gnetworkmonitorbase.c
+++ b/gio/gnetworkmonitorbase.c
@@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ g_network_monitor_base_can_reach (GNetworkMonitor      *monitor,
   GSocketAddressEnumerator *enumerator;
   GSocketAddress *addr;
 
-  if (priv->have_ipv4_default_route &&
-      priv->have_ipv6_default_route)
-    return TRUE;
-
   if (priv->networks->len == 0)
     {
       g_set_error_literal (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_NETWORK_UNREACHABLE,
@@ -188,6 +184,14 @@ g_network_monitor_base_can_reach (GNetworkMonitor      *monitor,
       return FALSE;
     }
 
+  if (priv->have_ipv4_default_route &&
+      priv->have_ipv6_default_route)
+    {
+      g_object_unref (enumerator);
+      g_object_unref (addr);
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+
   while (addr)
     {
       if (G_IS_INET_SOCKET_ADDRESS (addr))