diff --git a/src/systemd/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c b/src/systemd/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c
index 45b5b53e54..a1c9da7303 100644
--- a/src/systemd/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c
+++ b/src/systemd/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp6-client.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct sd_dhcp6_client {
         struct sd_dhcp6_lease *lease;
         int fd;
         bool information_request;
+        bool has_iaid;
         be16_t *req_opts;
         size_t req_opts_allocated;
         size_t req_opts_len;
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ int sd_dhcp6_client_set_iaid(sd_dhcp6_client *client, uint32_t iaid) {
 
         client->ia_na.ia_na.id = htobe32(iaid);
         client->ia_pd.ia_pd.id = htobe32(iaid);
+        client->has_iaid = true;
 
         return 0;
 }
@@ -798,7 +800,7 @@ static int client_ensure_iaid(sd_dhcp6_client *client) {
 
         assert(client);
 
-        if (client->ia_na.ia_na.id)
+        if (client->has_iaid)
                 return 0;
 
         r = dhcp_identifier_set_iaid(client->ifindex, client->mac_addr, client->mac_addr_len, true, &iaid);
@@ -807,6 +809,7 @@ static int client_ensure_iaid(sd_dhcp6_client *client) {
 
         client->ia_na.ia_na.id = iaid;
         client->ia_pd.ia_pd.id = iaid;
+        client->has_iaid = true;
 
         return 0;
 }