diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/network/datalink_protocols/ipv6_datagram/ipv6_datagram.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/network/datalink_protocols/ipv6_datagram/ipv6_datagram.cpp
index c2426b1704..8029ac763e 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/network/datalink_protocols/ipv6_datagram/ipv6_datagram.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/network/datalink_protocols/ipv6_datagram/ipv6_datagram.cpp
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ ndp_init()
 	int value = 255;
 	sIPv6Module->setsockopt(sIPv6Protocol, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS,
 		&value, sizeof(value));
+	sIPv6Module->setsockopt(sIPv6Protocol, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS,
+		&value, sizeof(value));
 
 	mutex_init(&sCacheLock, "ndp cache");