diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_mpath.h b/bgpd/bgp_mpath.h
index 729b2c8cab..1e112f0ec7 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_mpath.h
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_mpath.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #define BGP_MAXIMUM_MAXPATHS 255
 
 /* BGP default maximum-paths */
-#define BGP_DEFAULT_MAXPATHS 1
+#define BGP_DEFAULT_MAXPATHS MULTIPATH_NUM
 
 /* Supplemental information linked to bgp_info for keeping track of
  * multipath selections, lazily allocated to save memory