diff --git a/src/network/networkd-address.c b/src/network/networkd-address.c
index aa827d6ba6..cb23213b5d 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-address.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-address.c
@@ -904,6 +904,7 @@ int config_parse_address_flags(const char *unit,
         else if (streq(lvalue, "AutoJoin"))
                 n->autojoin = r;
 
+        n = NULL;
         return 0;
 }