diff --git a/src/network/networkd-address.c b/src/network/networkd-address.c
index 14a2026e3f7..c6101b1cfc8 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-address.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-address.c
@@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@ bool address_is_ready(const Address *a) {
         return !(a->flags & IFA_F_TENTATIVE);
 }
 
-int address_section_verify(Address *address) {
+static int address_section_verify(Address *address) {
         if (section_is_invalid(address->section))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1703,3 +1703,13 @@ int address_section_verify(Address *address) {
 
         return 0;
 }
+
+void network_verify_addresses(Network *network) {
+        Address *address, *address_next;
+
+        assert(network);
+
+        LIST_FOREACH_SAFE(addresses, address, address_next, network->static_addresses)
+                if (address_section_verify(address) < 0)
+                        address_free(address);
+}
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-address.h b/src/network/networkd-address.h
index 5b565b6e55e..d3e0640c4ae 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-address.h
+++ b/src/network/networkd-address.h
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ int address_configure(Address *address, Link *link, link_netlink_message_handler
 int address_remove(Address *address, Link *link, link_netlink_message_handler_t callback);
 bool address_equal(Address *a1, Address *a2);
 bool address_is_ready(const Address *a);
-int address_section_verify(Address *a);
 int configure_ipv4_duplicate_address_detection(Link *link, Address *address);
 
 int generate_ipv6_eui_64_address(Link *link, struct in6_addr *ret);
@@ -81,6 +80,8 @@ int link_drop_foreign_addresses(Link *link);
 
 int manager_rtnl_process_address(sd_netlink *nl, sd_netlink_message *message, Manager *m);
 
+void network_verify_addresses(Network *network);
+
 void address_hash_func(const Address *a, struct siphash *state);
 int address_compare_func(const Address *a1, const Address *a2);
 extern const struct hash_ops address_hash_ops;
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network.c b/src/network/networkd-network.c
index aa9a3346dcb..79ae2899d37 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network.c
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ static int network_resolve_stacked_netdevs(Network *network) {
 }
 
 int network_verify(Network *network) {
-        Address *address, *address_next;
         TrafficControl *tc;
         SRIOV *sr_iov;
 
@@ -212,6 +211,8 @@ int network_verify(Network *network) {
                         network->dhcp_server = false;
                 }
                 if (network->n_static_addresses > 0) {
+                        Address *address;
+
                         log_warning("%s: Cannot set addresses when Bond= is specified, ignoring addresses.",
                                     network->filename);
                         while ((address = network->static_addresses))
@@ -291,10 +292,7 @@ int network_verify(Network *network) {
                 network->ipv6_proxy_ndp_addresses = set_free_free(network->ipv6_proxy_ndp_addresses);
         }
 
-        LIST_FOREACH_SAFE(addresses, address, address_next, network->static_addresses)
-                if (address_section_verify(address) < 0)
-                        address_free(address);
-
+        network_verify_addresses(network);
         network_verify_routes(network);
         network_verify_nexthops(network);
         network_verify_fdb_entries(network);