diff --git a/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c b/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c
index 78af53c381..c4024499f1 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ static void dhcp4_check_ready(Link *link) {
                 return;
         }
 
+        r = sd_ipv4ll_stop(link->ipv4ll);
+        if (r < 0)
+                log_link_warning_errno(link, r, "Failed to drop IPv4 link-local address, ignoring: %m");
+
         link_check_ready(link);
 }