diff --git a/src/network/networkd-ipv6-proxy-ndp.c b/src/network/networkd-ipv6-proxy-ndp.c
index f594b27f7f0..2a45dd94895 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-ipv6-proxy-ndp.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-ipv6-proxy-ndp.c
@@ -122,9 +122,8 @@ int config_parse_ipv6_proxy_ndp_address(
                 return 0;
         }
 
-        r = in_addr_is_null(AF_INET6, &buffer);
-        if (r != 0) {
-                log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, r,
+        if (in_addr_is_null(AF_INET6, &buffer)) {
+                log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, 0,
                            "IPv6 proxy NDP address cannot be the ANY address, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
                 return 0;
         }
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network.c b/src/network/networkd-network.c
index 12344ec695b..21fa2706311 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network.c
@@ -857,9 +857,8 @@ int config_parse_ipv6token(
                 return 0;
         }
 
-        r = in_addr_is_null(AF_INET6, &buffer);
-        if (r != 0) {
-                log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, r, "IPv6 token cannot be the ANY address, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
+        if (in_addr_is_null(AF_INET6, &buffer)) {
+                log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, 0, "IPv6 token cannot be the ANY address, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
                 return 0;
         }