diff --git a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendconfigsource.c b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendconfigsource.c
index 224d0d0917152e58a7f10a71448ddc94624d68d3..465da9621665e7a48cd37622fc0d079d936b287f 100644
--- a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendconfigsource.c
+++ b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendconfigsource.c
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ polkit_backend_config_source_ensure (PolkitBackendConfigSource *source)
     }
 
   source->priv->key_files = g_list_reverse (source->priv->key_files);
+  source->priv->has_data = TRUE;
 
  out:
   g_list_foreach (files, (GFunc) g_object_unref, NULL);
diff --git a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendlocalauthorizationstore.c b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendlocalauthorizationstore.c
index 5d5dc146b9e46dc9a29a24eaa44ec4fad1ba082f..b95926984d486261c381274490e6b0e54e62f3ff 100644
--- a/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendlocalauthorizationstore.c
+++ b/src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendlocalauthorizationstore.c
@@ -641,6 +641,8 @@ polkit_backend_local_authorization_store_ensure (PolkitBackendLocalAuthorization
       g_free (filename);
     }
 
+  store->priv->has_data = TRUE;
+
  out:
   g_list_foreach (files, (GFunc) g_object_unref, NULL);
   g_list_free (files);