diff --git a/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.c b/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.c
index 68e1952c2f..3dfe3404d4 100644
--- a/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.c
+++ b/src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.c
@@ -4721,9 +4721,6 @@ nm_platform_ip_route_get_prune_list(NMPlatform            *self,
     GPtrArray                   *routes_prune = NULL;
     const NMDedupMultiHeadEntry *head_entry;
     CList                       *iter;
-    NMPlatformIP4Route           rt_local4;
-    NMPlatformIP6Route           rt_local6;
-    NMPlatformIP6Route           rt_mcast6;
     const NMPlatformLink        *pllink;
     const NMPlatformLnkVrf      *lnk_vrf;
     guint32                      local_table;
@@ -4748,10 +4745,6 @@ nm_platform_ip_route_get_prune_list(NMPlatform            *self,
         lnk_vrf = nm_platform_link_get_lnk_vrf(self, pllink->master, NULL);
     local_table = lnk_vrf ? lnk_vrf->table : RT_TABLE_LOCAL;
 
-    rt_local4.plen = 0;
-    rt_local6.plen = 0;
-    rt_mcast6.plen = 0;
-
     c_list_for_each (iter, &head_entry->lst_entries_head) {
         const NMPObject          *obj = c_list_entry(iter, NMDedupMultiEntry, lst_entries)->obj;
         const NMPlatformIPXRoute *rt  = NMP_OBJECT_CAST_IPX_ROUTE(obj);
@@ -4783,29 +4776,26 @@ nm_platform_ip_route_get_prune_list(NMPlatform            *self,
                     && rt->rx.metric == 0
                     && rt->r4.scope_inv == nm_platform_route_scope_inv(RT_SCOPE_HOST)
                     && rt->r4.gateway == INADDR_ANY) {
-                    if (rt_local4.plen == 0) {
-                        rt_local4 = (NMPlatformIP4Route){
-                            .ifindex       = ifindex,
-                            .type_coerced  = nm_platform_route_type_coerce(RTN_LOCAL),
-                            .plen          = 32,
-                            .rt_source     = NM_IP_CONFIG_SOURCE_RTPROT_KERNEL,
-                            .metric        = 0,
-                            .table_coerced = nm_platform_route_table_coerce(local_table),
-                            .scope_inv     = nm_platform_route_scope_inv(RT_SCOPE_HOST),
-                            .gateway       = INADDR_ANY,
-                        };
-                    }
-
-                    /* the possible "network" depends on the addresses we have. We don't check that
-                     * carefully. If the other parameters match, we assume that this route is the one
-                     * generated by kernel. */
-                    rt_local4.network  = rt->r4.network;
-                    rt_local4.pref_src = rt->r4.pref_src;
+                    const NMPlatformIP4Route r = {
+                        .ifindex       = ifindex,
+                        .type_coerced  = nm_platform_route_type_coerce(RTN_LOCAL),
+                        .plen          = 32,
+                        .rt_source     = NM_IP_CONFIG_SOURCE_RTPROT_KERNEL,
+                        .metric        = 0,
+                        .table_coerced = nm_platform_route_table_coerce(local_table),
+                        .scope_inv     = nm_platform_route_scope_inv(RT_SCOPE_HOST),
+                        .gateway       = INADDR_ANY,
+                        /* the possible "network" depends on the addresses we have. We don't check that
+                         * carefully. If the other parameters match, we assume that this route is the one
+                         * generated by kernel. */
+                        .network  = rt->r4.network,
+                        .pref_src = rt->r4.pref_src,
+                    };
 
                     /* to be more confident about comparing the value, use our nm_platform_ip4_route_cmp()
                      * implementation. That will also consider parameters that we leave unspecified here. */
                     if (nm_platform_ip4_route_cmp(&rt->r4,
-                                                  &rt_local4,
+                                                  &r,
                                                   NM_PLATFORM_IP_ROUTE_CMP_TYPE_SEMANTICALLY)
                         == 0)
                         continue;
@@ -4820,23 +4810,20 @@ nm_platform_ip_route_get_prune_list(NMPlatform            *self,
                     && rt->rx.plen == 128 && rt->rx.rt_source == NM_IP_CONFIG_SOURCE_RTPROT_KERNEL
                     && rt->rx.metric == 0 && rt->r6.rt_pref == NM_ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_MEDIUM
                     && IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED(&rt->r6.gateway)) {
-                    if (rt_local6.plen == 0) {
-                        rt_local6 = (NMPlatformIP6Route){
-                            .ifindex       = ifindex,
-                            .type_coerced  = nm_platform_route_type_coerce(RTN_LOCAL),
-                            .plen          = 128,
-                            .rt_source     = NM_IP_CONFIG_SOURCE_RTPROT_KERNEL,
-                            .metric        = 0,
-                            .table_coerced = nm_platform_route_table_coerce(local_table),
-                            .rt_pref       = NM_ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_MEDIUM,
-                            .gateway       = IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT,
-                        };
-                    }
-
-                    rt_local6.network = rt->r6.network;
+                    const NMPlatformIP6Route r = {
+                        .ifindex       = ifindex,
+                        .type_coerced  = nm_platform_route_type_coerce(RTN_LOCAL),
+                        .plen          = 128,
+                        .rt_source     = NM_IP_CONFIG_SOURCE_RTPROT_KERNEL,
+                        .metric        = 0,
+                        .table_coerced = nm_platform_route_table_coerce(local_table),
+                        .rt_pref       = NM_ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_MEDIUM,
+                        .gateway       = IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT,
+                        .network       = rt->r6.network,
+                    };
 
                     if (nm_platform_ip6_route_cmp(&rt->r6,
-                                                  &rt_local6,
+                                                  &r,
                                                   NM_PLATFORM_IP_ROUTE_CMP_TYPE_SEMANTICALLY)
                         == 0)
                         continue;
@@ -4858,23 +4845,21 @@ nm_platform_ip_route_get_prune_list(NMPlatform            *self,
                     && rt->rx.plen == 8 && rt->rx.rt_source == NM_IP_CONFIG_SOURCE_RTPROT_BOOT
                     && rt->rx.metric == 256 && rt->r6.rt_pref == NM_ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_MEDIUM
                     && IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED(&rt->r6.gateway)) {
-                    if (rt_mcast6.plen == 0) {
-                        rt_mcast6 = (NMPlatformIP6Route){
-                            .ifindex       = ifindex,
-                            .type_coerced  = nm_platform_route_type_coerce(RTN_UNICAST),
-                            .plen          = 8,
-                            .rt_source     = NM_IP_CONFIG_SOURCE_RTPROT_BOOT,
-                            .metric        = 256,
-                            .table_coerced = nm_platform_route_table_coerce(local_table),
-                            .rt_pref       = NM_ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_MEDIUM,
-                            .gateway       = IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT,
-                            .network =
-                                NM_IN6ADDR_INIT(0xff, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
-                        };
-                    }
+                    const NMPlatformIP6Route r = {
+                        .ifindex       = ifindex,
+                        .type_coerced  = nm_platform_route_type_coerce(RTN_UNICAST),
+                        .plen          = 8,
+                        .rt_source     = NM_IP_CONFIG_SOURCE_RTPROT_BOOT,
+                        .metric        = 256,
+                        .table_coerced = nm_platform_route_table_coerce(local_table),
+                        .rt_pref       = NM_ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_MEDIUM,
+                        .gateway       = IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT,
+                        .network =
+                            NM_IN6ADDR_INIT(0xff, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+                    };
 
                     if (nm_platform_ip6_route_cmp(&rt->r6,
-                                                  &rt_mcast6,
+                                                  &r,
                                                   NM_PLATFORM_IP_ROUTE_CMP_TYPE_SEMANTICALLY)
                         == 0)
                         continue;