diff --git a/src/network/networkd-netdev.c b/src/network/networkd-netdev.c
index b192884fd95..e7edc366afe 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-netdev.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-netdev.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static int netdev_load_one(Manager *manager, const char *filename) {
                              NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) <= 0)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (!NETDEV_VTABLE(netdev_raw)) {
+        if (netdev_raw->kind == _NETDEV_KIND_INVALID) {
                 log_warning("NetDev with invalid Kind configured in %s. Ignoring", filename);
                 return 0;
         }