diff --git a/client/internal/routemanager/systemops/systemops_generic.go b/client/internal/routemanager/systemops/systemops_generic.go
index f8b3ebbb8..3038c3ec5 100644
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/systemops/systemops_generic.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/systemops/systemops_generic.go
@@ -57,22 +57,14 @@ func (r *SysOps) setupRefCounter(initAddresses []net.IP, stateManager *statemana
 				return nexthop, refcounter.ErrIgnore
 			}
 
-			r.updateState(stateManager)
-
 			return nexthop, err
 		},
-		func(prefix netip.Prefix, nexthop Nexthop) error {
-			// update state even if we have trouble removing it from the route table
-			// it could be already gone
-			r.updateState(stateManager)
-
-			return r.removeFromRouteTable(prefix, nexthop)
-		},
+		r.removeFromRouteTable,
 	)
 
 	r.refCounter = refCounter
 
-	return r.setupHooks(initAddresses)
+	return r.setupHooks(initAddresses, stateManager)
 }
 
 // updateState updates state on every change so it will be persisted regularly
@@ -333,7 +325,7 @@ func (r *SysOps) genericRemoveVPNRoute(prefix netip.Prefix, intf *net.Interface)
 	return r.removeFromRouteTable(prefix, nextHop)
 }
 
-func (r *SysOps) setupHooks(initAddresses []net.IP) (nbnet.AddHookFunc, nbnet.RemoveHookFunc, error) {
+func (r *SysOps) setupHooks(initAddresses []net.IP, stateManager *statemanager.Manager) (nbnet.AddHookFunc, nbnet.RemoveHookFunc, error) {
 	beforeHook := func(connID nbnet.ConnectionID, ip net.IP) error {
 		prefix, err := util.GetPrefixFromIP(ip)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -344,6 +336,8 @@ func (r *SysOps) setupHooks(initAddresses []net.IP) (nbnet.AddHookFunc, nbnet.Re
 			return fmt.Errorf("adding route reference: %v", err)
 		}
 
+		r.updateState(stateManager)
+
 		return nil
 	}
 	afterHook := func(connID nbnet.ConnectionID) error {
@@ -351,6 +345,8 @@ func (r *SysOps) setupHooks(initAddresses []net.IP) (nbnet.AddHookFunc, nbnet.Re
 			return fmt.Errorf("remove route reference: %w", err)
 		}
 
+		r.updateState(stateManager)
+
 		return nil
 	}