diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-lease.c b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-lease.c
index a90c01d7db0..c2455c7133b 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-lease.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-lease.c
@@ -1299,3 +1299,9 @@ int sd_dhcp_route_get_gateway(sd_dhcp_route *route, struct in_addr *gateway) {
         *gateway = route->gw_addr;
         return 0;
 }
+
+int sd_dhcp_route_get_option(sd_dhcp_route *route) {
+        assert_return(route, -EINVAL);
+
+        return route->option;
+}
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c b/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c
index 45b784d023c..597791e02b8 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-dhcp4.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <linux/if.h>
 
 #include "alloc-util.h"
-#include "dhcp-lease-internal.h"
 #include "hostname-util.h"
 #include "parse-util.h"
 #include "netdev/vrf.h"
@@ -87,11 +86,14 @@ static int link_set_dhcp_routes(Link *link) {
                 log_link_debug_errno(link, n, "DHCP error: could not get routes: %m");
 
         for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-                if (static_routes[i]->option == SD_DHCP_OPTION_CLASSLESS_STATIC_ROUTE)
+                switch (sd_dhcp_route_get_option(static_routes[i])) {
+                case SD_DHCP_OPTION_CLASSLESS_STATIC_ROUTE:
                         classless_route = true;
-
-                if (static_routes[i]->option == SD_DHCP_OPTION_STATIC_ROUTE)
+                        break;
+                case SD_DHCP_OPTION_STATIC_ROUTE:
                         static_route = true;
+                        break;
+                }
         }
 
         for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
@@ -99,7 +101,8 @@ static int link_set_dhcp_routes(Link *link) {
 
                 /* if the DHCP server returns both a Classless Static Routes option and a Static Routes option,
                    the DHCP client MUST ignore the Static Routes option. */
-                if (classless_route && static_routes[i]->option == SD_DHCP_OPTION_STATIC_ROUTE)
+                if (classless_route &&
+                    sd_dhcp_route_get_option(static_routes[i]) != SD_DHCP_OPTION_CLASSLESS_STATIC_ROUTE)
                         continue;
 
                 r = route_new(&route);
diff --git a/src/systemd/sd-dhcp-lease.h b/src/systemd/sd-dhcp-lease.h
index 2a60145f5b0..4875f10555c 100644
--- a/src/systemd/sd-dhcp-lease.h
+++ b/src/systemd/sd-dhcp-lease.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ int sd_dhcp_lease_get_timezone(sd_dhcp_lease *lease, const char **timezone);
 int sd_dhcp_route_get_destination(sd_dhcp_route *route, struct in_addr *destination);
 int sd_dhcp_route_get_destination_prefix_length(sd_dhcp_route *route, uint8_t *length);
 int sd_dhcp_route_get_gateway(sd_dhcp_route *route, struct in_addr *gateway);
+int sd_dhcp_route_get_option(sd_dhcp_route *route);
 
 _SD_DEFINE_POINTER_CLEANUP_FUNC(sd_dhcp_lease, sd_dhcp_lease_unref);