diff --git a/src/network/netdev/ipoib.c b/src/network/netdev/ipoib.c
index c3f583fc46..e0ff9e8c62 100644
--- a/src/network/netdev/ipoib.c
+++ b/src/network/netdev/ipoib.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int config_parse_ipoib_pkey(
                            rvalue);
                 return 0;
         }
-        if (u == 0 || u == 0x8000) {
+        if (IN_SET(u, 0, 0x8000)) {
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, 0,
                            "IPoIB pkey cannot be 0 nor 0x8000, ignoring assignment: %s",
                            rvalue);
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-address-generation.c b/src/network/networkd-address-generation.c
index c9c53b22cc..85110355a1 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-address-generation.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-address-generation.c
@@ -358,10 +358,9 @@ int config_parse_address_generation_type(
 
                                 addr = addr_alloc;
                         }
-                } else if (*addr == ',') {
-                        comma = addr;
-                        addr = NULL;
-                } else if (*addr == '\0') {
+                } else if (*addr == ',')
+                        comma = TAKE_PTR(addr);
+                else if (*addr == '\0') {
                         comma = NULL;
                         addr = NULL;
                 } else {