Script to create macvlan bridge on the host doesn't work unless it's run twice

I have a script that should create a macvlan bridge in the host when it starts up. The host is an up-to-date Arch Linux. This is intended to allow host and guest to share the same network *and talk to each other*. I found instructions given at:

https://www.furorteutonicus.eu/2013/08/04/enabling-host-guest-networking-with-kvm-macvlan-and-macvtap

(Regarding the execution at startup, I also consulted How to write startup script for Systemd? and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21830670/systemd-start-service-after-specific-service).

The problem, however, is that the script is not effective at first try. It creates the macvlan device and the routing table, but doesn’t make it possible for the host to ping the guest and vice-versa.

But when executed a second time, it works – that is, despite an error message which reads "create_macvlan_bridge.sh[4489]: RTNETLINK answers: File exists". Host can now ping guest as expected.

It’s supposed to work at first try, though, and I can’t figure out why it’s not. Can anyone help?

[Update] I noticed the result of ip a shows a second inet entry for macvlan0@enp10s0 after the second execution:

macvlan0@enp10s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc
noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether da:a2:21:d1:95:24 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.3/24 scope global macvlan0
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet 192.168.1.22/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global secondary macvlan0
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Notice how this second ip address was provided by the dhcp from the router, and it has secondary attribute.

The weird thing is that, after the second execution, the guest can ping the host at 192.168.1.3 and at the "secondary" address.

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Code is below.

Script: /usr/local/bin/create_macvlan_bridge.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Evert Mouw, 2013
# Modified by Marc Ranolfi, 2017-07-24

# ------------
# wait for network availability
# ------------
TESTHOST=kernel.org
while ! ping -q -c 1 $TESTHOST > /dev/null
do
    echo "$0: Cannot ping $TESTHOST, waiting another 5 secs..."
    sleep 5
done

# ------------
# network config
# ------------
HWLINK=enp10s0
MACVLN=macvlan0

IP=192.168.1.3/24
NETWORK=192.168.1.0/24
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

# ------------
# setting up $MACVLN interface
# ------------
ip link add link $HWLINK $MACVLN type macvlan mode bridge
ip address add $IP dev $MACVLN
ip link set dev $MACVLN up

# ------------
# routing table
# ------------
# empty routes
ip route flush dev $HWLINK
ip route flush dev $MACVLN

# add routes
ip route add $NETWORK dev $MACVLN metric 0

# add the default gateway
ip route add default via $GATEWAY

Systemd unit file: /etc/systemd/system/create_macvlan_bridge.service

[Unit]
Description=Create_macvlan_bridge
Wants=network-online.target
After=network.target network-online.target dhcpcd.service

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/create_macvlan_bridge.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

systemctl disable dhcpcd
systemctl enable dhcpcd@enp10s0