diff --git a/src/network/networkd-dhcp-common.c b/src/network/networkd-dhcp-common.c
index 55191849d8c..3d9dab7e3c1 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-dhcp-common.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-dhcp-common.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ int config_parse_dhcp_send_option(
         r = extract_first_word(&p, &word, ":", 0);
         if (r == -ENOMEM)
                 return log_oom();
-        if (r <= 0) {
+        if (r <= 0 || isempty(p)) {
                 log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, r,
                            "Invalid DHCP option, ignoring assignment: %s", rvalue);
                 return 0;
diff --git a/test/fuzz/fuzz-network-parser/github-15885 b/test/fuzz/fuzz-network-parser/github-15885
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9bbdcb29e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fuzz/fuzz-network-parser/github-15885
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[DHCPv4]
+SendOption=1:string:
+SendOption=1:uint8:
+SendOption=1:uint16:
+SendOption=1:uint32:
+SendOption=1:ipv4address:
+SendOption=1:ipv4address:127.0.0.1
+SendOption=1:ipv6address:
+SendOption=1:ipv6address:52:54:00:b9:b5:61