diff --git a/src/source_dialog.cpp b/src/source_dialog.cpp
index 5fa8505..0111f65 100644
--- a/src/source_dialog.cpp
+++ b/src/source_dialog.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ struct Chooser {
   GtkWidget* form_group = nullptr;
   GtkWidget* form_iface = nullptr;
   GtkWidget* form_connect = nullptr;
+  /// `UDPSCOPE_PROBE_PICK_MS`'s timeout, kept so a pick made before it fires can cancel it. The
+  /// probe clears it when it runs: `g_source_remove()` on an id whose source already returned
+  /// `G_SOURCE_REMOVE` is a GLib critical, not a no-op.
+  guint pick_source = 0;
 };
 
 void chooser_finish(Chooser& c, bool chosen) {
@@ -294,6 +298,10 @@ gboolean on_chooser_key(GtkEventControllerKey*, guint keyval, guint, GdkModifier
 /// `UDPSCOPE_PROBE_FIELDS_MS` is in `ui.cpp`.
 gboolean pick_probe(gpointer user) {
   Chooser& c = *static_cast<Chooser*>(user);
+  // Every path below returns `G_SOURCE_REMOVE`, so the source is gone the moment this returns and
+  // its id is stale. Clear it here rather than on each path: `choose_source()`'s cancel-the-pending
+  // -probe call would otherwise be a GLib critical on every run that let the probe fire.
+  c.pick_source = 0;
 
   // `UDPSCOPE_PROBE_NEWHOST=host:port` drives the form instead of a row.
   if (const char* spec = g_getenv("UDPSCOPE_PROBE_NEWHOST")) {
@@ -397,16 +405,15 @@ bool choose_source(Config& cfg) {
   // Keep the timeout id so it can be cancelled if the chooser finishes before it fires. A row
   // clicked before UDPSCOPE_PROBE_PICK_MS elapses would otherwise leave an armed source on the
   // default main context pointing at the now-gone stack frame.
-  guint pick_probe_id = 0;
   if (const char* env = g_getenv("UDPSCOPE_PROBE_PICK_MS")) {
-    pick_probe_id = g_timeout_add(static_cast<guint>(std::atoi(env)), pick_probe, &c);
+    c.pick_source = g_timeout_add(static_cast<guint>(std::atoi(env)), pick_probe, &c);
   }
 
   c.loop = g_main_loop_new(nullptr, FALSE);
   g_main_loop_run(c.loop);
   g_main_loop_unref(c.loop);
   c.loop = nullptr;
-  if (pick_probe_id != 0) g_source_remove(pick_probe_id);
+  if (c.pick_source != 0) g_source_remove(c.pick_source);
   return c.chosen;
 }