1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-util.c b/src/network/networkd-util.c
index df091393f6..2545621a93 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-util.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-util.c
@@ -79,10 +79,18 @@ int config_parse_address_family_boolean_with_kernel(
         assert(rvalue);
         assert(data);
 
+        /* This function is mostly obsolete now. It simply redirects
+         * "kernel" to "no". In older networkd versions we used to
+         * distuingish IPForward=off from IPForward=kernel, where the
+         * former would explicitly turn off forwarding while the
+         * latter would simply not touch the setting. But that logic
+         * is gone, hence silently accept the old setting, but turn it
+         * to "no". */
+
         s = address_family_boolean_from_string(rvalue);
         if (s < 0) {
                 if (streq(rvalue, "kernel"))
-                        s = _ADDRESS_FAMILY_BOOLEAN_INVALID;
+                        s = ADDRESS_FAMILY_NO;
                 else {
                         log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, 0, "Failed to parse IPForward= option, ignoring: %s", rvalue);
                         return 0;