diff --git a/src/Kobo/WPASupplicant.hpp b/src/Kobo/WPASupplicant.hpp
index 36b59a278eb..89f216a1936 100644
--- a/src/Kobo/WPASupplicant.hpp
+++ b/src/Kobo/WPASupplicant.hpp
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ class WPASupplicant {
    */
   void Connect(const char *path);
 
+  void EnsureConnected(const char *path) {
+    if (!IsConnected())
+      Connect(path);
+  }
+
   void Close() noexcept;
 
   void SendCommand(const char *cmd);
diff --git a/src/Kobo/WifiDialog.cpp b/src/Kobo/WifiDialog.cpp
index e197ca6417d..3036f907aa3 100644
--- a/src/Kobo/WifiDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/Kobo/WifiDialog.cpp
@@ -280,8 +280,7 @@ WifiListWidget::Connect()
 void
 WifiListWidget::EnsureConnected()
 {
-  if (!wpa_supplicant.IsConnected())
-    wpa_supplicant.Connect("/var/run/wpa_supplicant/eth0");
+  wpa_supplicant.EnsureConnected("/var/run/wpa_supplicant/eth0");
 }
 
 inline WifiListWidget::NetworkInfo *