diff --git a/src/initrd/nmi-cmdline-reader.c b/src/initrd/nmi-cmdline-reader.c
index 39bf1b8cbc..97f5c91735 100644
--- a/src/initrd/nmi-cmdline-reader.c
+++ b/src/initrd/nmi-cmdline-reader.c
@@ -552,9 +552,12 @@ reader_parse_ip (Reader *reader, const char *sysfs_dir, char *argument)
 			              NULL);
 		}
 	} else if (NM_IN_STRSET (kind, "auto6", "dhcp6")) {
-		g_object_set (s_ip6,
-		              NM_SETTING_IP_CONFIG_MAY_FAIL, FALSE,
-		              NULL);
+		g_object_set(s_ip6,
+		             NM_SETTING_IP_CONFIG_METHOD,
+		             NM_SETTING_IP6_CONFIG_METHOD_AUTO,
+		             NM_SETTING_IP_CONFIG_MAY_FAIL,
+		             FALSE,
+		             NULL);
 		if (nm_setting_ip_config_get_num_addresses (s_ip4) == 0) {
 			g_object_set (s_ip4,
 			              NM_SETTING_IP_CONFIG_METHOD, NM_SETTING_IP4_CONFIG_METHOD_DISABLED,