diff --git a/src/basic/string-util.h b/src/basic/string-util.h
index 0703c848f0a..46681ced997 100644
--- a/src/basic/string-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/string-util.h
@@ -171,9 +171,12 @@ int split_pair(const char *s, const char *sep, char **l, char **r);
 
 int free_and_strdup(char **p, const char *s);
 static inline int free_and_strdup_warn(char **p, const char *s) {
-        if (free_and_strdup(p, s) < 0)
+        int r;
+
+        r = free_and_strdup(p, s);
+        if (r < 0)
                 return log_oom();
-        return 0;
+        return r;
 }
 int free_and_strndup(char **p, const char *s, size_t l);
 
diff --git a/src/resolve/resolvectl.c b/src/resolve/resolvectl.c
index 9341fb0435a..b07761a4957 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolvectl.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolvectl.c
@@ -108,51 +108,74 @@ static int interface_info_compare(const InterfaceInfo *a, const InterfaceInfo *b
         return strcmp_ptr(a->name, b->name);
 }
 
-int ifname_mangle(const char *s) {
-        _cleanup_free_ char *iface = NULL;
-        int ifi;
+int ifname_mangle_full(const char *s, bool drop_protocol_specifier) {
+        _cleanup_(sd_netlink_unrefp) sd_netlink *rtnl = NULL;
+        _cleanup_strv_free_ char **found = NULL;
+        int r;
 
         assert(s);
 
-        iface = strdup(s);
-        if (!iface)
-                return log_oom();
+        if (drop_protocol_specifier) {
+                _cleanup_free_ char *buf = NULL;
+                int ifindex_longest_name = -ENODEV;
 
-        ifi = rtnl_resolve_interface(NULL, iface);
-        if (ifi < 0) {
-                if (ifi == -ENODEV && arg_ifindex_permissive) {
-                        log_debug("Interface '%s' not found, but -f specified, ignoring.", iface);
-                        return 0; /* done */
+                /* When invoked as resolvconf, drop the protocol specifier(s) at the end. */
+
+                buf = strdup(s);
+                if (!buf)
+                        return log_oom();
+
+                for (;;) {
+                        r = rtnl_resolve_interface(&rtnl, buf);
+                        if (r > 0) {
+                                if (ifindex_longest_name <= 0)
+                                        ifindex_longest_name = r;
+
+                                r = strv_extend(&found, buf);
+                                if (r < 0)
+                                        return log_oom();
+                        }
+
+                        char *dot = strrchr(buf, '.');
+                        if (!dot)
+                                break;
+
+                        *dot = '\0';
                 }
 
-                return log_error_errno(ifi, "Failed to resolve interface \"%s\": %m", iface);
+                unsigned n = strv_length(found);
+                if (n > 1) {
+                        _cleanup_free_ char *joined = NULL;
+
+                        joined = strv_join(found, ", ");
+                        log_warning("Found multiple interfaces (%s) matching with '%s'. Using '%s' (ifindex=%i).",
+                                    strna(joined), s, found[0], ifindex_longest_name);
+
+                } else if (n == 1) {
+                        const char *proto;
+
+                        proto = ASSERT_PTR(startswith(s, found[0]));
+                        if (!isempty(proto))
+                                log_info("Dropped protocol specifier '%s' from '%s'. Using '%s' (ifindex=%i).",
+                                         proto, s, found[0], ifindex_longest_name);
+                }
+
+                r = ifindex_longest_name;
+        } else
+                r = rtnl_resolve_interface(&rtnl, s);
+        if (r < 0) {
+                if (ERRNO_IS_DEVICE_ABSENT(r) && arg_ifindex_permissive) {
+                        log_debug_errno(r, "Interface '%s' not found, but -f specified, ignoring: %m", s);
+                        return 0; /* done */
+                }
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to resolve interface \"%s\": %m", s);
         }
 
-        if (arg_ifindex > 0 && arg_ifindex != ifi)
+        if (arg_ifindex > 0 && arg_ifindex != r)
                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Specified multiple different interfaces. Refusing.");
 
-        arg_ifindex = ifi;
-        free_and_replace(arg_ifname, iface);
-
-        return 1;
-}
-
-int ifname_resolvconf_mangle(const char *s) {
-        const char *dot;
-
-        assert(s);
-
-        dot = strrchr(s, '.');
-        if (dot) {
-                _cleanup_free_ char *iface = NULL;
-
-                log_debug("Ignoring protocol specifier '%s'.", dot + 1);
-                iface = strndup(s, dot - s);
-                if (!iface)
-                        return log_oom();
-                return ifname_mangle(iface);
-        } else
-                return ifname_mangle(s);
+        arg_ifindex = r;
+        return free_and_strdup_warn(&arg_ifname, found ? found[0] : s); /* found */
 }
 
 static void print_source(uint64_t flags, usec_t rtt) {
@@ -3599,16 +3622,19 @@ static int compat_main(int argc, char *argv[], sd_bus *bus) {
 
 static int run(int argc, char **argv) {
         _cleanup_(sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp) sd_bus *bus = NULL;
+        bool compat = false;
         int r;
 
         setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
         log_setup();
 
-        if (invoked_as(argv, "resolvconf"))
+        if (invoked_as(argv, "resolvconf")) {
+                compat = true;
                 r = resolvconf_parse_argv(argc, argv);
-        else if (invoked_as(argv, "systemd-resolve"))
+        } else if (invoked_as(argv, "systemd-resolve")) {
+                compat = true;
                 r = compat_parse_argv(argc, argv);
-        else
+        } else
                 r = native_parse_argv(argc, argv);
         if (r <= 0)
                 return r;
@@ -3617,7 +3643,7 @@ static int run(int argc, char **argv) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "sd_bus_open_system: %m");
 
-        if (STR_IN_SET(program_invocation_short_name, "systemd-resolve", "resolvconf"))
+        if (compat)
                 return compat_main(argc, argv, bus);
 
         return native_main(argc, argv, bus);
diff --git a/src/resolve/resolvectl.h b/src/resolve/resolvectl.h
index 1d0f1473483..3e404dad102 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolvectl.h
+++ b/src/resolve/resolvectl.h
@@ -26,5 +26,10 @@ extern char **arg_set_dns;
 extern char **arg_set_domain;
 extern bool arg_ifindex_permissive;
 
-int ifname_mangle(const char *s);
-int ifname_resolvconf_mangle(const char *s);
+int ifname_mangle_full(const char *s, bool drop_protocol_specifier);
+static inline int ifname_mangle(const char *s) {
+        return ifname_mangle_full(s, false);
+}
+static inline int ifname_resolvconf_mangle(const char *s) {
+        return ifname_mangle_full(s, true);
+}
diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl-set-default.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl-set-default.c
index 06845be4011..c2dbf97649e 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl-set-default.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl-set-default.c
@@ -109,9 +109,8 @@ int verb_set_default(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         if (install_client_side()) {
                 r = unit_file_set_default(arg_scope, UNIT_FILE_FORCE, arg_root, unit, &changes, &n_changes);
                 install_changes_dump(r, "set default", changes, n_changes, arg_quiet);
-
-                if (r > 0)
-                        r = 0;
+                if (r < 0)
+                        goto finish;
         } else {
                 _cleanup_(sd_bus_error_free) sd_bus_error error = SD_BUS_ERROR_NULL;
                 _cleanup_(sd_bus_message_unrefp) sd_bus_message *reply = NULL;
@@ -134,10 +133,9 @@ int verb_set_default(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                 /* Try to reload if enabled */
                 if (!arg_no_reload) {
                         r = daemon_reload(ACTION_RELOAD, /* graceful= */ false);
-                        if (r > 0)
-                                r = 0;
-                } else
-                        r = 0;
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                goto finish;
+                }
         }
 
         emit_cmdline_warning();
@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@ int verb_set_default(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
 
                 r = determine_default(&final);
                 if (r < 0)
-                        return r;
+                        goto finish;
 
                 if (!streq(final, unit))
                         log_notice("Note: \"%s\" is the default unit (possibly a runtime override).", final);
@@ -156,5 +154,5 @@ int verb_set_default(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
 finish:
         install_changes_free(changes, n_changes);
 
-        return r;
+        return r < 0 ? r : 0;
 }
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-75.sh b/test/units/testsuite-75.sh
index dac8cbe9489..04a8b6e9cc8 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-75.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-75.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 set -eux
 set -o pipefail
 
+# shellcheck source=test/units/assert.sh
+. "$(dirname "$0")"/assert.sh
+
 : >/failed
 
 RUN_OUT="$(mktemp)"
@@ -25,6 +28,36 @@ monitor_check_rr() {
     set -o pipefail
 }
 
+# Test for resolvectl, resolvconf
+systemctl unmask systemd-resolved.service
+systemctl start systemd-resolved.service
+systemctl service-log-level systemd-resolved.service debug
+ip link add hoge type dummy
+ip link add hoge.foo type dummy
+resolvectl dns hoge 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2
+resolvectl dns hoge.foo 10.0.0.3 10.0.0.4
+assert_in '10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2' "$(resolvectl dns hoge)"
+assert_in '10.0.0.3 10.0.0.4' "$(resolvectl dns hoge.foo)"
+resolvectl dns hoge 10.0.1.1 10.0.1.2
+resolvectl dns hoge.foo 10.0.1.3 10.0.1.4
+assert_in '10.0.1.1 10.0.1.2' "$(resolvectl dns hoge)"
+assert_in '10.0.1.3 10.0.1.4' "$(resolvectl dns hoge.foo)"
+if ! RESOLVCONF=$(command -v resolvconf 2>/dev/null); then
+    TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d -p /tmp resolvconf-tests.XXXXXX)
+    RESOLVCONF="$TMPDIR"/resolvconf
+    ln -s "$(command -v resolvectl 2>/dev/null)" "$RESOLVCONF"
+fi
+echo nameserver 10.0.2.1 10.0.2.2 | "$RESOLVCONF" -a hoge
+echo nameserver 10.0.2.3 10.0.2.4 | "$RESOLVCONF" -a hoge.foo
+assert_in '10.0.2.1 10.0.2.2' "$(resolvectl dns hoge)"
+assert_in '10.0.2.3 10.0.2.4' "$(resolvectl dns hoge.foo)"
+echo nameserver 10.0.3.1 10.0.3.2 | "$RESOLVCONF" -a hoge.inet.ipsec.192.168.35
+echo nameserver 10.0.3.3 10.0.3.4 | "$RESOLVCONF" -a hoge.foo.dhcp
+assert_in '10.0.3.1 10.0.3.2' "$(resolvectl dns hoge)"
+assert_in '10.0.3.3 10.0.3.4' "$(resolvectl dns hoge.foo)"
+ip link del hoge
+ip link del hoge.foo
+
 ### SETUP ###
 # Configure network
 hostnamectl hostname ns1.unsigned.test
@@ -74,8 +107,9 @@ mkdir -p /etc/bind
 ln -svf /etc/bind.keys /etc/bind/bind.keys
 
 # Start the services
-systemctl unmask systemd-networkd systemd-resolved
-systemctl start systemd-networkd systemd-resolved
+systemctl unmask systemd-networkd
+systemctl start systemd-networkd
+systemctl restart systemd-resolved
 # Create knot's runtime dir, since from certain version it's provided only by
 # the package and not created by tmpfiles/systemd
 if [[ ! -d /run/knot ]]; then