diff --git a/slixmpp/plugins/xep_0009/remote.py b/slixmpp/plugins/xep_0009/remote.py
index 6fa85cc7..f3e64fb3 100644
--- a/slixmpp/plugins/xep_0009/remote.py
+++ b/slixmpp/plugins/xep_0009/remote.py
@@ -405,8 +405,10 @@ class Proxy(Endpoint):
         self._callback = callback
 
     def __getattribute__(self, name, *args):
-        if name in ('__dict__', '_endpoint', 'async', '_callback'):
+        if name in ('__dict__', '_endpoint', '_callback'):
             return object.__getattribute__(self, name)
+        elif name == 'async':
+            return lambda callback: Proxy(self._endpoint, callback)
         else:
             attribute = self._endpoint.__getattribute__(name)
             if hasattr(attribute, '__call__'):
@@ -420,9 +422,6 @@ class Proxy(Endpoint):
                     pass   # If the attribute doesn't exist, don't care!
             return attribute
 
-    def async(self, callback):
-        return Proxy(self._endpoint, callback)
-
     def get_endpoint(self):
         '''
         Returns the proxified endpoint.