diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
index b32882e858..d696b19859 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
@@ -2588,10 +2588,10 @@ ssize_t netlink_route_multipath_msg_encode(int cmd, struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ((!fpm && kernel_nexthops_supported()
-	     && (!proto_nexthops_only()
-		 || is_proto_nhg(dplane_ctx_get_nhe_id(ctx), 0)))
-	    || (fpm && force_nhg)) {
+	if ((!fpm && kernel_nexthops_supported() &&
+	     (!proto_nexthops_only() || is_proto_nhg(dplane_ctx_get_nhe_id(ctx), 0)) &&
+	     (!src_p || !src_p->prefixlen)) ||
+	    (fpm && force_nhg)) {
 		/* Kernel supports nexthop objects */
 		if (IS_ZEBRA_DEBUG_KERNEL)
 			zlog_debug("%s: %pFX nhg_id is %u", __func__, p,