diff --git a/src/devices/nm-device.c b/src/devices/nm-device.c
index f30c472c7b..2f223d2104 100644
--- a/src/devices/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/devices/nm-device.c
@@ -12663,7 +12663,7 @@ _set_state_full (NMDevice *self,
 		applied_connection = nm_device_get_applied_connection (self);
 
 		if (   applied_connection
-		    && priv->ifindex != priv->ip_ifindex
+		    && priv->ip_iface
 		    && !nm_device_sys_iface_state_is_external (self)) {
 			NMSettingConnection *s_con;
 			const char *zone;