diff --git a/src/network/networkd-manager.c b/src/network/networkd-manager.c
index b162d21aa0..51f8b0cc74 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-manager.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-manager.c
@@ -429,24 +429,12 @@ static int manager_connect_rtnl(Manager *m, int fd) {
         return manager_setup_rtnl_filter(m);
 }
 
-static int manager_dirty_handler(sd_event_source *s, void *userdata) {
-        Manager *m = ASSERT_PTR(userdata);
-        Link *link;
-        int r;
+static int manager_post_handler(sd_event_source *s, void *userdata) {
+        Manager *manager = ASSERT_PTR(userdata);
 
-        if (m->dirty) {
-                r = manager_save(m);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to update state file %s, ignoring: %m", m->state_file);
-        }
-
-        SET_FOREACH(link, m->dirty_links) {
-                r = link_save_and_clean(link);
-                if (r < 0)
-                        log_link_warning_errno(link, r, "Failed to update link state file %s, ignoring: %m", link->state_file);
-        }
-
-        return 1;
+        (void) manager_process_requests(manager);
+        (void) manager_clean_all(manager);
+        return 0;
 }
 
 static int signal_terminate_callback(sd_event_source *s, const struct signalfd_siginfo *si, void *userdata) {
@@ -522,11 +510,7 @@ int manager_setup(Manager *m) {
         if (r < 0)
                 log_debug_errno(r, "Failed allocate memory pressure event source, ignoring: %m");
 
-        r = sd_event_add_post(m->event, NULL, manager_dirty_handler, m);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        r = sd_event_add_post(m->event, NULL, manager_process_requests, m);
+        r = sd_event_add_post(m->event, NULL, manager_post_handler, m);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-queue.c b/src/network/networkd-queue.c
index a88418e28e..91e874c6fa 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-queue.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-queue.c
@@ -210,10 +210,11 @@ int link_queue_request_full(
                            process, counter, netlink_handler, ret);
 }
 
-int manager_process_requests(sd_event_source *s, void *userdata) {
-        Manager *manager = ASSERT_PTR(userdata);
+int manager_process_requests(Manager *manager) {
         int r;
 
+        assert(manager);
+
         for (;;) {
                 bool processed = false;
                 Request *req;
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-queue.h b/src/network/networkd-queue.h
index d6f5de421e..21fa7d9453 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-queue.h
+++ b/src/network/networkd-queue.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
 #pragma once
 
-#include "sd-event.h"
 #include "sd-netlink.h"
 
 #include "alloc-util.h"
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ static inline int link_queue_request(
                                         ret);                           \
         })
 
-int manager_process_requests(sd_event_source *s, void *userdata);
+int manager_process_requests(Manager *manager);
 int request_call_netlink_async(sd_netlink *nl, sd_netlink_message *m, Request *req);
 
 const char* request_type_to_string(RequestType t) _const_;
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-state-file.c b/src/network/networkd-state-file.c
index 3a95ba8d8b..9f0e365c22 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-state-file.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-state-file.c
@@ -861,3 +861,26 @@ int link_save_and_clean_full(Link *link, bool also_save_manager) {
         link_clean(link);
         return k;
 }
+
+int manager_clean_all(Manager *manager) {
+        int r, ret = 0;
+
+        assert(manager);
+
+        if (manager->dirty) {
+                r = manager_save(manager);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to update state file %s, ignoring: %m", manager->state_file);
+                RET_GATHER(ret, r);
+        }
+
+        Link *link;
+        SET_FOREACH(link, manager->dirty_links) {
+                r = link_save_and_clean(link);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        log_link_warning_errno(link, r, "Failed to update link state file %s, ignoring: %m", link->state_file);
+                RET_GATHER(ret, r);
+        }
+
+        return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-state-file.h b/src/network/networkd-state-file.h
index 684f0d154e..7efd1578da 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-state-file.h
+++ b/src/network/networkd-state-file.h
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ static inline int link_save_and_clean(Link *link) {
 }
 
 int manager_save(Manager *m);
+int manager_clean_all(Manager *manager);