diff --git a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-utils.c b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-utils.c
index 8f6a858530..84565e6503 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-utils.c
+++ b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-utils.c
@@ -4306,8 +4306,7 @@ _nm_utils_hwaddr_cloned_data_synth(const NMSettInfoSetting *               sett_
 {
     gs_free char *addr = NULL;
 
-    if (flags != NM_CONNECTION_SERIALIZE_ALL
-        && !NM_FLAGS_HAS(flags, NM_CONNECTION_SERIALIZE_WITH_NON_SECRET))
+    if (!_nm_connection_serialize_non_secret(flags))
         return NULL;
 
     nm_assert(nm_streq0(sett_info->property_infos[property_idx].name, "assigned-mac-address"));