diff --git a/src/rhsmlib/dbus/objects/register.py b/src/rhsmlib/dbus/objects/register.py
index 2d37edb47b..3b03419606 100644
--- a/src/rhsmlib/dbus/objects/register.py
+++ b/src/rhsmlib/dbus/objects/register.py
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ def stop(self, sender: str) -> bool:
             # If there is at least one sender using this server still running, then
             # only return False
             self.server.remove_sender(sender)
-            bus = dbus.SystemBus()
-            if self.server.are_other_senders_still_running(bus) is True:
+            if self.server.are_other_senders_still_running() is True:
                 log.debug("Not stopping domain socket server, because some senders still uses it.")
                 return False
 
diff --git a/src/rhsmlib/dbus/server.py b/src/rhsmlib/dbus/server.py
index 64de9a057a..909a2dfaa1 100644
--- a/src/rhsmlib/dbus/server.py
+++ b/src/rhsmlib/dbus/server.py
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ def remove_sender(self, sender: str) -> bool:
             log.debug(f"Sender {sender} removed from the set of senders")
             return True
 
-    def are_other_senders_still_running(self, bus) -> bool:
+    def are_other_senders_still_running(self) -> bool:
         """
         Check if other users are still running. It sender in the set is not
         running, then remove sender from the set, because sender could
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ def are_other_senders_still_running(self, bus) -> bool:
         """
         is_one_sender_running = False
         not_running = set()
+        bus = dbus.SystemBus()
         for sender in self._senders:
             pid = pid_of_sender(bus, sender)
             if pid is None:
diff --git a/test/rhsmlib/dbus/test_register.py b/test/rhsmlib/dbus/test_register.py
index 5556d1fe4f..e4934e8849 100644
--- a/test/rhsmlib/dbus/test_register.py
+++ b/test/rhsmlib/dbus/test_register.py
@@ -347,6 +347,13 @@ def setUp(self) -> None:
         pid_of_sender_mock = pid_of_sender_patch.start()
         pid_of_sender_mock.return_value = 123456
 
+        are_others_running_path = mock.patch(
+            "rhsmlib.dbus.server.DomainSocketServer.are_other_senders_still_running",
+            autospec=True,
+        )
+        are_others_running_mock = are_others_running_path.start()
+        are_others_running_mock.return_value = False
+
         dbus.mainloop.glib.DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
 
     def tearDown(self) -> None: