diff --git a/lib/zclient.c b/lib/zclient.c
index f8f9cf7aba..1491da5a3e 100644
--- a/lib/zclient.c
+++ b/lib/zclient.c
@@ -2163,6 +2163,7 @@ int zapi_nexthop_from_nexthop(struct zapi_nexthop *znh,
 	znh->weight = nh->weight;
 	znh->ifindex = nh->ifindex;
 	znh->gate = nh->gate;
+	znh->srte_color = nh->srte_color;
 
 	if (CHECK_FLAG(nh->flags, NEXTHOP_FLAG_ONLINK))
 		SET_FLAG(znh->flags, ZAPI_NEXTHOP_FLAG_ONLINK);