diff --git a/src/user.cpp b/src/user.cpp
index de4823a0a75174022f6aec7e23f6283325bd3937..5452ddc420f35b6832814fe798453038c9b99457 100644
--- a/src/user.cpp
+++ b/src/user.cpp
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ void User::handlePresence(Swift::Presence::ref presence) {
 
 	Swift::Presence::ref highest = m_presenceOracle->getHighestPriorityPresence(m_jid.toBare());
 	if (highest) {
-		highest->setTo(presence->getFrom().toBare());
-		highest->setFrom(m_component->getJID());
-		m_component->getStanzaChannel()->sendPresence(highest);
-		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, m_jid.toString() << ": Changing legacy network presence to " << highest->getType());
-		onPresenceChanged(highest);
+		Swift::Presence::ref response = Swift::Presence::create(highest);
+		response->setTo(presence->getFrom().toBare());
+		response->setFrom(m_component->getJID());
+		m_component->getStanzaChannel()->sendPresence(response);
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, m_jid.toString() << ": Changing legacy network presence to " << response->getType());
+		onPresenceChanged(response);
 	}
 	else {
 		Swift::Presence::ref response = Swift::Presence::create();