diff --git a/extensions/deviceicon/network.py b/extensions/deviceicon/network.py
index fd5712f39a..b4e29075df 100644
--- a/extensions/deviceicon/network.py
+++ b/extensions/deviceicon/network.py
@@ -776,7 +776,6 @@ def create_palette(self):
 
         self.set_palette(palette)
         self._palette = palette
-        self.set_palette(palette)
 
         props = dbus.Interface(self._device, dbus.PROPERTIES_IFACE)
         props.GetAll(network.NM_DEVICE_IFACE, byte_arrays=True,
diff --git a/extensions/deviceicon/speech.py b/extensions/deviceicon/speech.py
index f0843dd04d..956e4d8315 100644
--- a/extensions/deviceicon/speech.py
+++ b/extensions/deviceicon/speech.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def create_palette(self):
         label = GLib.markup_escape_text(_('Speech'))
         palette = SpeechPalette(label, manager=self._manager)
         palette.set_group_id('frame')
+        self.set_palette(palette)
         return palette