diff --git a/src/fu-main.c b/src/fu-main.c
index aa6563f28..fca8c96d1 100644
--- a/src/fu-main.c
+++ b/src/fu-main.c
@@ -2340,14 +2340,15 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			 G_CALLBACK(fu_main_argv_changed_cb),
 			 priv);
 
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 63, 3) && !defined(_WIN32)
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 63, 3)
 	/* shut down on low memory event as we can just rescan hardware */
 	priv->memory_monitor = g_memory_monitor_dup_default();
-	if (priv->memory_monitor != NULL)
+	if (priv->memory_monitor != NULL) {
 		g_signal_connect(G_MEMORY_MONITOR(priv->memory_monitor),
 				 "low-memory-warning",
 				 G_CALLBACK(fu_main_memory_monitor_warning_cb),
 				 priv);
+	}
 #endif
 
 	/* load introspection from file */