diff --git a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
index b8630c9aba..7d51507fb6 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
@@ -821,13 +821,13 @@ func addNetworks(quadletUnitFile *parser.UnitFile, groupName string, serviceUnit
 	networks := quadletUnitFile.LookupAll(groupName, KeyNetwork)
 	for _, network := range networks {
 		if len(network) > 0 {
-			networkName, options, found := strings.Cut(network, ":")
-			if strings.HasSuffix(networkName, ".network") {
+			quadletNetworkName, options, found := strings.Cut(network, ":")
+			if strings.HasSuffix(quadletNetworkName, ".network") {
 				// the podman network name is systemd-$name
-				networkName = replaceExtension(networkName, "", "systemd-", "")
+				networkName := replaceExtension(quadletNetworkName, "", "systemd-", "")
 
 				// the systemd unit name is $name-network.service
-				networkServiceName := replaceExtension(networkName, ".service", "", "-network")
+				networkServiceName := replaceExtension(quadletNetworkName, ".service", "", "-network")
 
 				serviceUnitFile.Add(UnitGroup, "Requires", networkServiceName)
 				serviceUnitFile.Add(UnitGroup, "After", networkServiceName)
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/network.quadlet.container b/test/e2e/quadlet/network.quadlet.container
index 5b15ca6810..27193617f2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/network.quadlet.container
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/network.quadlet.container
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## assert-podman-args "--network=systemd-basic"
-## assert-key-is "Unit" "Requires" "systemd-basic-network.service"
-## assert-key-is "Unit" "After" "systemd-basic-network.service"
+## assert-key-is "Unit" "Requires" "basic-network.service"
+## assert-key-is "Unit" "After" "basic-network.service"
 
 [Container]
 Image=localhost/imagename
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/network.quadlet.kube b/test/e2e/quadlet/network.quadlet.kube
index a24d5e3544..a69479bbb9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/network.quadlet.kube
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/network.quadlet.kube
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## assert-podman-args "--network=systemd-basic"
-## assert-key-is "Unit" "Requires" "systemd-basic-network.service"
-## assert-key-is "Unit" "After" "systemd-basic-network.service"
+## assert-key-is "Unit" "Requires" "basic-network.service"
+## assert-key-is "Unit" "After" "basic-network.service"
 
 
 [Kube]