diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2893bea332..03e337dccb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ have = get_option('imds').require(
         conf.get('HAVE_LIBCURL') == 1,
         error_message : 'curl required').allowed()
 conf.set10('ENABLE_IMDS', have)
-conf.set10('IMDS_NETWORK_LOCKED_DEFAULT', get_option('imds-network') == 'locked')
+conf.set('IMDS_NETWORK_DEFAULT', 'IMDS_NETWORK_@0@'.format(get_option('imds-network')).to_upper())
 
 have = get_option('importd').require(
         conf.get('HAVE_LIBCURL') == 1 and
diff --git a/src/imds/imds-generator.c b/src/imds/imds-generator.c
index 9cb48688a8..42399783fa 100644
--- a/src/imds/imds-generator.c
+++ b/src/imds/imds-generator.c
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
 
 static int arg_enabled = -1;           /* Whether we shall offer local IMDS APIs */
 static bool arg_import = true;         /* Whether we shall import IMDS credentials, SSH keys, … into the local system */
-static ImdsNetworkMode arg_network_mode =
-        IMDS_NETWORK_LOCKED_DEFAULT ? IMDS_NETWORK_LOCKED : IMDS_NETWORK_UNLOCKED;
+static ImdsNetworkMode arg_network_mode = IMDS_NETWORK_DEFAULT;
 
 static int parse_proc_cmdline_item(const char *key, const char *value, void *data) {
         int r;