diff --git a/src/network/networkd-nexthop.c b/src/network/networkd-nexthop.c
index c639b01c22..eb557e580e 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-nexthop.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-nexthop.c
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ static int nexthop_dup(const NextHop *src, NextHop **ret) {
         dest->network = NULL;
         dest->section = NULL;
         dest->group = NULL;
+        dest->nexthops = NULL;
+        dest->routes = NULL;
 
         HASHMAP_FOREACH(nhg, src->group) {
                 _cleanup_free_ struct nexthop_grp *g = NULL;