diff --git a/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c b/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c
index bad7970e2b..fd26be18fd 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static int dhcp_remove_address(Link *link, sd_dhcp_lease *lease, const struct in
 static int dhcp4_update_address(Link *link, bool announce);
 static int dhcp4_remove_all(Link *link);
 
-void dhcp4_release_old_lease(Link *link) {
+static void dhcp4_release_old_lease(Link *link) {
         struct in_addr address = {}, address_old = {};
 
         assert(link);
@@ -793,6 +793,9 @@ static int dhcp_lease_lost(Link *link) {
 
         link->dhcp4_configured = false;
 
+        /* dhcp_lease_lost() may be called during renewing IP address. */
+        dhcp4_release_old_lease(link);
+
         r = dhcp4_remove_all(link);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.h b/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.h
index 96ac696ce6..7a80897ffc 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.h
+++ b/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ typedef enum DHCPClientIdentifier {
         _DHCP_CLIENT_ID_INVALID = -1,
 } DHCPClientIdentifier;
 
-void dhcp4_release_old_lease(Link *link);
 int dhcp4_configure(Link *link);
 int dhcp4_set_client_identifier(Link *link);
 int dhcp4_set_promote_secondaries(Link *link);
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-link.c b/src/network/networkd-link.c
index 91ec959011..2184a326e1 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-link.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-link.c
@@ -800,8 +800,6 @@ int link_stop_clients(Link *link, bool may_keep_dhcp) {
         assert(link->manager);
         assert(link->manager->event);
 
-        dhcp4_release_old_lease(link);
-
         bool keep_dhcp = may_keep_dhcp &&
                          link->network &&
                          (link->manager->restarting ||