diff --git a/web/src/client/network/index.js b/web/src/client/network/index.js
index 0e02c0bced..0b7c017db9 100644
--- a/web/src/client/network/index.js
+++ b/web/src/client/network/index.js
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ const NetworkEventTypes = Object.freeze({
  * @property {(id: string) => Promise<Connection>} getConnection
  * @property {(ssid: string, options: object) => boolean} addAndConnectTo
  * @property {(connection: Connection) => boolean} connectTo
- * @property {(connection: Connection) => Promise<any>} addConnection
- * @property {(connection: Connection) => Promise<any>} updateConnection
+ * @property {(connection: Connection) => Promise<any>} saveConnection
  * @property {(connection: Connection) => void} deleteConnection
  * @property {() => NetworkSettings} settings
  * @property {() => void} setUp
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ class NetworkClient {
     });
 
     // the connection is automatically activated when written
-    return this.addConnection(connection);
+    return this.saveConnection(connection);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -211,28 +210,33 @@ class NetworkClient {
    * @param {Connection} connection - Connection to add
    * @return {Promise<Connection>} the added connection
    */
-  async addConnection(connection) {
-    const { id } = connection;
-    const proxy = await this.client.proxy(CONNECTIONS_IFACE, CONNECTIONS_PATH);
-    const deviceType = (connection.wireless) ? DeviceType.WIRELESS : DeviceType.ETHERNET;
+  async saveConnection(connection) {
+    const { id, uuid } = connection;
     let path;
-    try {
-      path = await proxy.GetConnectionById(id);
-    } catch {
+    if (uuid) {
+      path = await this.getConnectionPathByUuid(uuid);
+    } else {
+      path = await this.getConnectionPathById(id);
+    }
+
+    if (!path) {
+      const proxy = await this.client.proxy(CONNECTIONS_IFACE, CONNECTIONS_PATH);
+      const deviceType = (connection.wireless) ? DeviceType.WIRELESS : DeviceType.ETHERNET;
       path = await proxy.AddConnection(id, deviceType);
     }
+
     await this.updateConnectionAt(path, connection);
     return this.connectionFromPath(path);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the connection with the given ID
+   * Returns the connection with the given UUID
    *
-   * @param {string} uuid - Connection ID
+   * @param {string} uuid - Connection UUID
    * @return {Promise<Connection|undefined>}
    */
   async getConnection(uuid) {
-    const path = await this.getConnectionPath(uuid);
+    const path = await this.getConnectionPathByUuid(uuid);
     if (path) {
       return this.connectionFromPath(path);
     }
@@ -309,7 +313,7 @@ class NetworkClient {
    * @param {string} uuid - Connection UUID
    * @return {Promise<string|undefined>} - Connection D-Bus path
    */
-  async getConnectionPath(uuid) {
+  async getConnectionPathByUuid(uuid) {
     for (const path in this.proxies.connections) {
       const proxy = await this.proxies.connections[path];
       if (proxy.Uuid === uuid) {
@@ -319,22 +323,18 @@ class NetworkClient {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Updates the connection
-   *
-   * It uses the 'uuid' to match the connection in the backend.
+   * Returns the D-Bus path of the connection.
    *
-   * @param {Connection} connection - Connection to update
-   * @return {Promise<boolean>} - the promise resolves to true if the connection
-   *   was successfully updated and to false it it does not exist.
+   * @param {string} id - Connection ID
+   * @return {Promise<string|undefined>} - Connection D-Bus path
    */
-  async updateConnection(connection) {
-    const path = await this.getConnectionPath(connection.uuid);
-    if (path === undefined) {
-      return false;
+  async getConnectionPathById(id) {
+    const proxy = await this.client.proxy(CONNECTIONS_IFACE, CONNECTIONS_PATH);
+    try {
+      return await proxy.GetConnectionById(id);
+    } catch {
+      return;
     }
-
-    await this.updateConnectionAt(path, connection);
-    return true;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/web/src/components/network/IpSettingsForm.jsx b/web/src/components/network/IpSettingsForm.jsx
index 8244590143..2a5ea70ab6 100644
--- a/web/src/components/network/IpSettingsForm.jsx
+++ b/web/src/components/network/IpSettingsForm.jsx
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export default function IpSettingsForm({ connection, onClose }) {
       }
     };
 
-    client.network.updateConnection(updatedConnection)
+    client.network.saveConnection(updatedConnection)
       .then(onClose)
       // TODO: better error reporting. By now, it sets an error for the whole connection.
       .catch(({ message }) => setErrors({ object: message }));