diff --git a/src/network/networkd-address.c b/src/network/networkd-address.c
index 0b269a1ba1..636812b556 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-address.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-address.c
@@ -1449,6 +1449,15 @@ int ipv4_dad_stop(Link *link) {
         return r;
 }
 
+void ipv4_dad_unref(Link *link) {
+        Address *address;
+
+        assert(link);
+
+        SET_FOREACH(address, link->addresses)
+                address->acd = sd_ipv4acd_unref(address->acd);
+}
+
 int config_parse_broadcast(
                 const char *unit,
                 const char *filename,
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-address.h b/src/network/networkd-address.h
index c0552979c5..0104747d9a 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-address.h
+++ b/src/network/networkd-address.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ int link_drop_foreign_addresses(Link *link);
 int link_serialize_addresses(Link *link, FILE *f);
 int link_deserialize_addresses(Link *link, const char *addresses);
 
+void ipv4_dad_unref(Link *link);
 int ipv4_dad_stop(Link *link);
 int ipv4_dad_update_mac(Link *link);
 
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-link.c b/src/network/networkd-link.c
index 324128be3c..4229e1f973 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-link.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-link.c
@@ -505,6 +505,8 @@ static void link_free_engines(Link *link) {
         link->dhcp6_lease = sd_dhcp6_lease_unref(link->dhcp6_lease);
         link->ndisc = sd_ndisc_unref(link->ndisc);
         link->radv = sd_radv_unref(link->radv);
+
+        ipv4_dad_unref(link);
 }
 
 static Link *link_free(Link *link) {