diff --git a/src/transport.cpp b/src/transport.cpp
index 4695b9a2c63441bf6c2e93bdf9629f278ec3bfb1..3d79ae864e76ee2f9d018790746e6ac1377beaf6 100644
--- a/src/transport.cpp
+++ b/src/transport.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Component::Component(Swift::EventLoop *loop, Config *config, Factory *factory) {
 	m_reconnectCount = 0;
 	m_config = config;
 	m_factory = factory;
+	m_loop = loop;
 
 	m_jid = Swift::JID(CONFIG_STRING(m_config, "service.jid"));