diff --git a/src/network/networkd-dhcp6.c b/src/network/networkd-dhcp6.c
index 05fe679fcf..7996e825c2 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-dhcp6.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-dhcp6.c
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ static int dhcp6_pd_remove_old(Link *link, bool force) {
                 if (k < 0)
                         r = k;
 
-                (void) sd_radv_remove_prefix(link->radv, &route->dst.in6, 64);
+                if (link->radv)
+                        (void) sd_radv_remove_prefix(link->radv, &route->dst.in6, 64);
                 dhcp6_pd_free(hashmap_get(link->manager->dhcp6_prefixes, &route->dst.in6));
         }
 
@@ -198,7 +199,8 @@ int dhcp6_pd_remove(Link *link) {
                 if (k < 0)
                         r = k;
 
-                (void) sd_radv_remove_prefix(link->radv, &route->dst.in6, 64);
+                if (link->radv)
+                        (void) sd_radv_remove_prefix(link->radv, &route->dst.in6, 64);
                 dhcp6_pd_free(hashmap_get(link->manager->dhcp6_prefixes, &route->dst.in6));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-radv.c b/src/network/networkd-radv.c
index e0c490baba..003a50b68b 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-radv.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-radv.c
@@ -681,7 +681,9 @@ int radv_add_prefix(Link *link, const struct in6_addr *prefix, uint8_t prefix_le
         int r;
 
         assert(link);
-        assert(link->radv);
+
+        if (!link->radv)
+                return 0;
 
         r = sd_radv_prefix_new(&p);
         if (r < 0)