diff --git a/src/network/networkd-address.c b/src/network/networkd-address.c
index f95a138a2e..4f27e3845f 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-address.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-address.c
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ int manager_get_address(Manager *manager, int family, const union in_addr_union
         return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-bool manager_has_address(Manager *manager, int family, const union in_addr_union *address, bool check_ready) {
+bool manager_has_address(Manager *manager, int family, const union in_addr_union *address) {
         Address *a;
 
         assert(manager);
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ bool manager_has_address(Manager *manager, int family, const union in_addr_union
         if (manager_get_address(manager, family, address, 0, &a) < 0)
                 return false;
 
-        return check_ready ? address_is_ready(a) : (address_exists(a) && address_lifetime_is_valid(a));
+        return address_is_ready(a);
 }
 
 const char* format_lifetime(char *buf, size_t l, usec_t lifetime_usec) {
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-address.h b/src/network/networkd-address.h
index 5be2f77652..8273184d86 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-address.h
+++ b/src/network/networkd-address.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static inline int link_get_ipv4_address(Link *link, const struct in_addr *addres
         return link_get_address(link, AF_INET, &(union in_addr_union) { .in = *address }, prefixlen, ret);
 }
 int manager_get_address(Manager *manager, int family, const union in_addr_union *address, unsigned char prefixlen, Address **ret);
-bool manager_has_address(Manager *manager, int family, const union in_addr_union *address, bool check_ready);
+bool manager_has_address(Manager *manager, int family, const union in_addr_union *address);
 
 void address_cancel_request(Address *address);
 int link_request_address(
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-route.c b/src/network/networkd-route.c
index 0743a3427e..9f93e0f04b 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-route.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-route.c
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ static int route_is_ready_to_configure(const Route *route, Link *link) {
         }
 
         if (in_addr_is_set(route->family, &route->prefsrc) > 0) {
-                r = manager_has_address(link->manager, route->family, &route->prefsrc, route->family == AF_INET6);
+                r = manager_has_address(link->manager, route->family, &route->prefsrc);
                 if (r <= 0)
                         return r;
         }