diff --git a/src/udev/net/link-config.c b/src/udev/net/link-config.c
index cb1db3b52b..c23c2bdd20 100644
--- a/src/udev/net/link-config.c
+++ b/src/udev/net/link-config.c
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ int link_config_get(link_config_ctx *ctx, sd_device *device, link_config **ret)
                 }
         }
 
-        *ret = NULL;
         return -ENOENT;
 }