diff --git a/src/network/networkd-link-bus.c b/src/network/networkd-link-bus.c
index 193d1d3e1eb..e9c18f0fd01 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-link-bus.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-link-bus.c
@@ -858,7 +858,8 @@ int link_object_find(sd_bus *bus, const char *path, const char *interface, void
         if (r < 0)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (streq(interface, "org.freedesktop.network1.DHCPServer") && !link->dhcp_server)
+        if (streq(interface, "org.freedesktop.network1.DHCPServer") &&
+            (!link->dhcp_server || sd_dhcp_server_is_in_relay_mode(link->dhcp_server)))
                 return 0;
 
         *found = link;