diff --git a/lightningd/jsonrpc.c b/lightningd/jsonrpc.c
index 79751ff1b..207d308a6 100644
--- a/lightningd/jsonrpc.c
+++ b/lightningd/jsonrpc.c
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ static struct io_plan *jcon_connected(struct io_conn *conn,
 	struct json_connection *jcon;
 
 	jcon = tal(conn, struct json_connection);
+	jcon->conn = conn;
 	jcon->ld = ld;
 	jcon->used = 0;
 	jcon->buffer = tal_arr(jcon, char, 64);
diff --git a/lightningd/jsonrpc.h b/lightningd/jsonrpc.h
index f829d43c3..c297df99a 100644
--- a/lightningd/jsonrpc.h
+++ b/lightningd/jsonrpc.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ struct json_connection {
 	/* The global state */
 	struct lightningd *ld;
 
+	/* This io_conn (and our owner!) */
+	struct io_conn *conn;
+
 	/* Logging for this json connection. */
 	struct log *log;