diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index cbf53f323a..31af7cfa98 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -1167,6 +1167,7 @@
           <listitem>
             <para>When true, the interface maximum transmission unit
             from the DHCP server will be used on the current link.
+            If <varname>MTUBytes=</varname> is set, then this setting is ignored.
             Defaults to false.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-link.c b/src/network/networkd-link.c
index c169ffa160..9b55598482 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-link.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-link.c
@@ -1263,6 +1263,8 @@ static int link_set_handler(sd_netlink *rtnl, sd_netlink_message *m, void *userd
         return 0;
 }
 
+static int link_configure_after_setting_mtu(Link *link);
+
 static int set_mtu_handler(sd_netlink *rtnl, sd_netlink_message *m, void *userdata) {
         _cleanup_(link_unrefp) Link *link = userdata;
         int r;
@@ -1271,12 +1273,21 @@ static int set_mtu_handler(sd_netlink *rtnl, sd_netlink_message *m, void *userda
         assert(link);
         assert(link->ifname);
 
+        link->setting_mtu = false;
+
         if (IN_SET(link->state, LINK_STATE_FAILED, LINK_STATE_LINGER))
                 return 1;
 
         r = sd_netlink_message_get_errno(m);
-        if (r < 0)
+        if (r < 0) {
                 log_link_warning_errno(link, r, "Could not set MTU: %m");
+                return 1;
+        }
+
+        log_link_debug(link, "Setting MTU done.");
+
+        if (link->state == LINK_STATE_PENDING)
+                (void) link_configure_after_setting_mtu(link);
 
         return 1;
 }
@@ -1289,6 +1300,9 @@ int link_set_mtu(Link *link, uint32_t mtu) {
         assert(link->manager);
         assert(link->manager->rtnl);
 
+        if (link->mtu == mtu || link->setting_mtu)
+                return 0;
+
         log_link_debug(link, "Setting MTU: %" PRIu32, mtu);
 
         r = sd_rtnl_message_new_link(link->manager->rtnl, &req, RTM_SETLINK, link->ifindex);
@@ -1296,23 +1310,19 @@ int link_set_mtu(Link *link, uint32_t mtu) {
                 return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Could not allocate RTM_SETLINK message: %m");
 
         /* If IPv6 not configured (no static IPv6 address and IPv6LL autoconfiguration is disabled)
-           for this interface, or if it is a bridge slave, then disable IPv6 else enable it. */
+         * for this interface, or if it is a bridge slave, then disable IPv6 else enable it. */
         (void) link_enable_ipv6(link);
 
         /* IPv6 protocol requires a minimum MTU of IPV6_MTU_MIN(1280) bytes
-           on the interface. Bump up MTU bytes to IPV6_MTU_MIN. */
-        if (link_ipv6_enabled(link) && link->network->mtu < IPV6_MIN_MTU) {
+         * on the interface. Bump up MTU bytes to IPV6_MTU_MIN. */
+        if (link_ipv6_enabled(link) && mtu < IPV6_MIN_MTU) {
 
                 log_link_warning(link, "Bumping MTU to " STRINGIFY(IPV6_MIN_MTU) ", as "
                                  "IPv6 is requested and requires a minimum MTU of " STRINGIFY(IPV6_MIN_MTU) " bytes: %m");
 
-                link->network->mtu = IPV6_MIN_MTU;
+                mtu = IPV6_MIN_MTU;
         }
 
-        r = sd_netlink_message_append_u32(req, IFLA_MTU, link->network->mtu);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Could not set MTU: %m");
-
         r = sd_netlink_message_append_u32(req, IFLA_MTU, mtu);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Could not append MTU: %m");
@@ -1691,11 +1701,6 @@ static int link_acquire_conf(Link *link) {
 
         assert(link);
 
-        if (link->setting_mtu) {
-                link->setting_mtu = false;
-                return 0;
-        }
-
         r = link_acquire_ipv4_conf(link);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
@@ -2859,6 +2864,19 @@ static int link_configure(Link *link) {
                         return r;
         }
 
+        return link_configure_after_setting_mtu(link);
+}
+
+static int link_configure_after_setting_mtu(Link *link) {
+        int r;
+
+        assert(link);
+        assert(link->network);
+        assert(link->state == LINK_STATE_PENDING);
+
+        if (link->setting_mtu)
+                return 0;
+
         if (link_has_carrier(link) || link->network->configure_without_carrier) {
                 r = link_acquire_conf(link);
                 if (r < 0)
@@ -3406,8 +3424,8 @@ static int link_carrier_lost(Link *link) {
         assert(link);
 
         /* Some devices reset itself while setting the MTU. This causes the DHCP client fall into a loop.
-           setting_mtu keep track whether the device got reset because of setting MTU and does not drop the
-           configuration and stop the clients as well. */
+         * setting_mtu keep track whether the device got reset because of setting MTU and does not drop the
+         * configuration and stop the clients as well. */
         if (link->setting_mtu)
                 return 0;
 
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network.c b/src/network/networkd-network.c
index c7d162de67..107762d519 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network.c
@@ -281,6 +281,12 @@ static int network_load_one(Manager *manager, const char *filename) {
         if (network->ip_masquerade)
                 network->ip_forward |= ADDRESS_FAMILY_IPV4;
 
+        if (network->mtu > 0 && network->dhcp_use_mtu) {
+                log_warning("MTUBytes= in [Link] section and UseMTU= in [DHCP] section are set in %s. "
+                            "Disabling UseMTU=.", filename);
+                network->dhcp_use_mtu = false;
+        }
+
         LIST_PREPEND(networks, manager->networks, network);
 
         r = hashmap_ensure_allocated(&manager->networks_by_name, &string_hash_ops);