diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index 4f6d21151..bf5a05dfe 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -7373,7 +7373,7 @@ ip6_address_add (NMPlatform *platform,
 	                             ifindex,
 	                             &addr,
 	                             plen,
-	                             &peer_addr,
+	                             IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED (&peer_addr) ? NULL : &peer_addr,
 	                             flags,
 	                             RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE,
 	                             lifetime,