diff --git a/lib/route/link.c b/lib/route/link.c
index 99c5013..7450545 100644
--- a/lib/route/link.c
+++ b/lib/route/link.c
@@ -1742,6 +1742,12 @@ void rtnl_link_set_family(struct rtnl_link *link, int family)
 {
 	link->l_family = family;
 	link->ce_mask |= LINK_ATTR_FAMILY;
+
+	if (link->l_af_ops)
+		af_free(link, link->l_af_ops,
+			link->l_af_data[link->l_af_ops->ao_family], NULL);
+
+	link->l_af_ops = af_lookup_and_alloc(link, family);
 }
 
 /**