diff --git a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/properties/PropertiesGuacamoleProperties.java b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/properties/PropertiesGuacamoleProperties.java
index 19afa8135..cf923310d 100644
--- a/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/properties/PropertiesGuacamoleProperties.java
+++ b/guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/properties/PropertiesGuacamoleProperties.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class PropertiesGuacamoleProperties implements GuacamoleProperties {
      *     values exposed by this instance of PropertiesGuacamoleProperties.
      */
     public PropertiesGuacamoleProperties(Properties properties) {
-        this(properties);
+        this.properties = properties;
     }