diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-client.c b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-client.c
index f47a542483..face7d7dd6 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-client.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-client.c
@@ -1712,13 +1712,13 @@ static int client_set_lease_timeouts(sd_dhcp_client *client) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        log_dhcp_client(client, "lease expires in %s",
-                        format_timespan(time_string, FORMAT_TIMESPAN_MAX, lifetime_timeout - time_now, USEC_PER_SEC));
-
         /* don't arm earlier timeouts if this has already expired */
         if (lifetime_timeout <= time_now)
                 return 0;
 
+        log_dhcp_client(client, "lease expires in %s",
+                        format_timespan(time_string, FORMAT_TIMESPAN_MAX, lifetime_timeout - time_now, USEC_PER_SEC));
+
         /* arm T2 timeout */
         r = event_reset_time(client->event, &client->timeout_t2,
                              clock_boottime_or_monotonic(),
@@ -1728,13 +1728,13 @@ static int client_set_lease_timeouts(sd_dhcp_client *client) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        log_dhcp_client(client, "T2 expires in %s",
-                        format_timespan(time_string, FORMAT_TIMESPAN_MAX, t2_timeout - time_now, USEC_PER_SEC));
-
         /* don't arm earlier timeout if this has already expired */
         if (t2_timeout <= time_now)
                 return 0;
 
+        log_dhcp_client(client, "T2 expires in %s",
+                        format_timespan(time_string, FORMAT_TIMESPAN_MAX, t2_timeout - time_now, USEC_PER_SEC));
+
         /* arm T1 timeout */
         r = event_reset_time(client->event, &client->timeout_t1,
                              clock_boottime_or_monotonic(),
@@ -1744,8 +1744,9 @@ static int client_set_lease_timeouts(sd_dhcp_client *client) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        log_dhcp_client(client, "T1 expires in %s",
-                        format_timespan(time_string, FORMAT_TIMESPAN_MAX, t1_timeout - time_now, USEC_PER_SEC));
+        if (t1_timeout > time_now)
+                log_dhcp_client(client, "T1 expires in %s",
+                                format_timespan(time_string, FORMAT_TIMESPAN_MAX, t1_timeout - time_now, USEC_PER_SEC));
 
         return 0;
 }