diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_fsm.c b/bgpd/bgp_fsm.c
index ba018d3f56..fe4ab272ac 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_fsm.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_fsm.c
@@ -1701,6 +1701,12 @@ static int bgp_connect_success(struct peer *peer)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If we are doing nht for a peer that ls v6 LL based
+	 * massage the event system to make things happy
+	 */
+	bgp_nht_interface_events(peer);
+
 	bgp_reads_on(peer);
 
 	if (bgp_debug_neighbor_events(peer)) {
@@ -1739,6 +1745,12 @@ static int bgp_connect_success_w_delayopen(struct peer *peer)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If we are doing nht for a peer that ls v6 LL based
+	 * massage the event system to make things happy
+	 */
+	bgp_nht_interface_events(peer);
+
 	bgp_reads_on(peer);
 
 	if (bgp_debug_neighbor_events(peer)) {
diff --git a/zebra/kernel_netlink.c b/zebra/kernel_netlink.c
index aa31883dea..1671af15bf 100644
--- a/zebra/kernel_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/kernel_netlink.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ bool nl_addraw_l(struct nlmsghdr *n, unsigned int maxlen, const void *data,
 		 unsigned int len)
 {
 	if (NLMSG_ALIGN(n->nlmsg_len) + NLMSG_ALIGN(len) > maxlen) {
-		zlog_err("ERROR message exceeded bound of %d\n", maxlen);
+		zlog_err("ERROR message exceeded bound of %d", maxlen);
 		return false;
 	}