diff --git a/src/core/devices/wwan/nm-device-modem.c b/src/core/devices/wwan/nm-device-modem.c
index aee59cd59f..63ee803474 100644
--- a/src/core/devices/wwan/nm-device-modem.c
+++ b/src/core/devices/wwan/nm-device-modem.c
@@ -623,11 +623,11 @@ is_available(NMDevice *device, NMDeviceCheckDevAvailableFlags flags)
 static gboolean
 ready_for_ip_config(NMDevice *device, gboolean is_manual)
 {
-    /* Tell NMDevice to only run device-specific IP
+    /* Tell NMDevice to only run manual and device-specific IP
      * configuration (devip) and skip other methods
-     * (manual, dhcp, etc).
+     * (dhcp, link-local, shared, etc).
      */
-    return FALSE;
+    return is_manual;
 }
 
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