diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index 60fe737a9..a4f4e249d 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -2305,11 +2305,25 @@ event_notification (struct nl_msg *msg, gpointer user_data)
 	if (_support_user_ipv6ll_still_undecided() && msghdr->nlmsg_type == RTM_NEWLINK)
 		_support_user_ipv6ll_detect ((struct rtnl_link *) nlo);
 
-	obj = nmp_object_from_nl (platform, nlo, FALSE, TRUE);
+	switch (msghdr->nlmsg_type) {
+	case RTM_DELADDR:
+	case RTM_DELLINK:
+	case RTM_DELROUTE:
+		/* The event notifies about a deleted object. We don't need to initialize all the
+		 * fields of the nmp-object. Shortcut nmp_object_from_nl(). */
+		obj = nmp_object_from_nl (platform, nlo, TRUE, TRUE);
+		_LOGD ("event-notification: %s, seq %u: %s",
+		       _nl_nlmsg_type_to_str (msghdr->nlmsg_type, buf_nlmsg_type, sizeof (buf_nlmsg_type)),
+		       msghdr->nlmsg_seq, nmp_object_to_string (obj, NMP_OBJECT_TO_STRING_ID, NULL, 0));
+		break;
+	default:
+		obj = nmp_object_from_nl (platform, nlo, FALSE, TRUE);
+		_LOGD ("event-notification: %s, seq %u: %s",
+		       _nl_nlmsg_type_to_str (msghdr->nlmsg_type, buf_nlmsg_type, sizeof (buf_nlmsg_type)),
+		       msghdr->nlmsg_seq, nmp_object_to_string (obj, NMP_OBJECT_TO_STRING_PUBLIC, NULL, 0));
+		break;
+	}
 
-	_LOGD ("event-notification: %s, seq %u: %s",
-	       _nl_nlmsg_type_to_str (msghdr->nlmsg_type, buf_nlmsg_type, sizeof (buf_nlmsg_type)),
-	       msghdr->nlmsg_seq, nmp_object_to_string (obj, NMP_OBJECT_TO_STRING_PUBLIC, NULL, 0));
 	if (obj) {
 		auto_nmp_obj NMPObject *obj_cache = NULL;