diff --git a/crates/ziggurat-driver/src/zigbee_stack/route.rs b/crates/ziggurat-driver/src/zigbee_stack/route.rs
index 9904657..db8ed19 100644
--- a/crates/ziggurat-driver/src/zigbee_stack/route.rs
+++ b/crates/ziggurat-driver/src/zigbee_stack/route.rs
@@ -400,26 +400,18 @@ impl<P: RadioPhy, R: Runtime> ZigbeeStack<P, R> {
             | NwkNetworkStatus::LegacyLinkFailure
             | NwkNetworkStatus::LinkFailure
             | NwkNetworkStatus::SourceRouteFailure => {
-                let mut core = self.core();
-
-                core.nib
+                // The reported path is broken whatever it was: a source route, or a
+                // next hop or direct route record gone stale when the device moved.
+                // The next transmission discovers until a fresh route record arrives
+                let removed_record = self
+                    .core()
+                    .nib
                     .routing
-                    .remove_route(network_status_cmd.network_address);
-
-                // A relay reported the stored path broken; the next transmission
-                // falls back to discovery until a fresh route record arrives
-                let removed_record = network_status_cmd.status_code
-                    == NwkNetworkStatus::SourceRouteFailure
-                    && core
-                        .nib
-                        .routing
-                        .remove_route_record(network_status_cmd.network_address);
-
-                drop(core);
+                    .forget_route_to(network_status_cmd.network_address);
 
                 if removed_record {
                     tracing::info!(
-                        "Removed failed source route to {:?}",
+                        "Removed failed route record to {:?}",
                         network_status_cmd.network_address
                     );
                 }
diff --git a/crates/ziggurat-zigbee/src/nwk/routing.rs b/crates/ziggurat-zigbee/src/nwk/routing.rs
index f3b294f..d927f0c 100644
--- a/crates/ziggurat-zigbee/src/nwk/routing.rs
+++ b/crates/ziggurat-zigbee/src/nwk/routing.rs
@@ -332,6 +332,18 @@ impl Routing {
         self.route_record_table.remove(&destination).is_some()
     }
 
+    /// Spec 3.6.4.8.1: a router reported it could not deliver a frame we originated
+    /// toward `destination` (`LinkFailure`, `SourceRouteFailure` or a legacy
+    /// equivalent). Both the routing entry and the stored route record go: a record
+    /// that reached the failing router as a plain next hop, such as a direct record
+    /// (no relays) for a device that moved away, is as stale as a broken source route,
+    /// and only its removal lets the next transmission discover a fresh route.
+    /// Returns whether a route record was removed.
+    pub fn forget_route_to(&mut self, destination: Nwk) -> bool {
+        self.route_table.remove(&destination);
+        self.route_record_table.remove(&destination).is_some()
+    }
+
     /// Spec 3.6.4.3.2: relaying a source-routed frame proves the concentrator that
     /// originated it holds a route record for the frame's source; no route record
     /// has to precede the next frame toward it (unless it keeps no route cache).
@@ -699,3 +711,57 @@ impl Routing {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+    use alloc::vec;
+
+    const DESTINATION: Nwk = Nwk(0x0391);
+    const RELAY: Nwk = Nwk(0xEF2F);
+    const MAX_SOURCE_ROUTE: u8 = 12;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_forget_route_to_drops_a_direct_route_record() {
+        let mut routing = Routing::default();
+        routing.store_route_record(DESTINATION, vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(
+            routing.route_to(DESTINATION, MAX_SOURCE_ROUTE),
+            Some(Route::NextHop(DESTINATION))
+        );
+
+        assert!(routing.forget_route_to(DESTINATION));
+        assert_eq!(routing.route_to(DESTINATION, MAX_SOURCE_ROUTE), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_forget_route_to_drops_a_source_route_record() {
+        let mut routing = Routing::default();
+        routing.store_route_record(DESTINATION, vec![RELAY]);
+
+        assert!(routing.forget_route_to(DESTINATION));
+        assert_eq!(routing.route_to(DESTINATION, MAX_SOURCE_ROUTE), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_forget_route_to_drops_the_routing_entry() {
+        let mut routing = Routing::default();
+        routing.restore_route(DESTINATION, RELAY, 1);
+        assert_eq!(routing.next_hop(DESTINATION), Some(RELAY));
+
+        assert!(!routing.forget_route_to(DESTINATION));
+        assert_eq!(routing.next_hop(DESTINATION), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_forget_route_to_keeps_other_destinations() {
+        let mut routing = Routing::default();
+        routing.store_route_record(DESTINATION, vec![RELAY]);
+
+        routing.forget_route_to(DESTINATION);
+        assert_eq!(
+            routing.route_to(RELAY, MAX_SOURCE_ROUTE),
+            Some(Route::NextHop(RELAY))
+        );
+    }
+}