diff --git a/lib/nexthop_group.c b/lib/nexthop_group.c
index c9a8f1af51..a79b2741c5 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop_group.c
+++ b/lib/nexthop_group.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ void copy_nexthops(struct nexthop **tnh, const struct nexthop *nh,
 	}
 }
 
-uint32_t nexthop_group_hash(const struct nexthop_group *nhg)
+uint32_t nexthop_group_hash_no_recurse(const struct nexthop_group *nhg)
 {
 	struct nexthop *nh;
 	uint32_t key = 0;
@@ -288,6 +288,17 @@ uint32_t nexthop_group_hash(const struct nexthop_group *nhg)
 	return key;
 }
 
+uint32_t nexthop_group_hash(const struct nexthop_group *nhg)
+{
+	struct nexthop *nh;
+	uint32_t key = 0;
+
+	for (ALL_NEXTHOPS_PTR(nhg, nh))
+		key = jhash_1word(nexthop_hash(nh), key);
+
+	return key;
+}
+
 static void nhgc_delete_nexthops(struct nexthop_group_cmd *nhgc)
 {
 	struct nexthop *nexthop;
diff --git a/lib/nexthop_group.h b/lib/nexthop_group.h
index 57a5a97599..a765b4b76b 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop_group.h
+++ b/lib/nexthop_group.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ void nexthop_group_copy(struct nexthop_group *to,
 void copy_nexthops(struct nexthop **tnh, const struct nexthop *nh,
 		   struct nexthop *rparent);
 
+uint32_t nexthop_group_hash_no_recurse(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);
 uint32_t nexthop_group_hash(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);
 
 /* The following for loop allows to iterate over the nexthop