diff --git a/src/network/networkd-link.c b/src/network/networkd-link.c
index db3975f46..ffc9578e8 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-link.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-link.c
@@ -2539,7 +2539,6 @@ int link_save(Link *link) {
                                 if (space)
                                         fputc(' ', f);
                                 serialize_in6_addrs(f, in6_addrs, r);
-                                space = true;
                         }
                 }