diff --git a/lib/thread.c b/lib/thread.c
index 835aa38115..71d7798af5 100644
--- a/lib/thread.c
+++ b/lib/thread.c
@@ -2059,3 +2059,11 @@ void debug_signals(const sigset_t *sigs)
 
 	zlog_debug("%s: %s", __func__, buf);
 }
+
+bool thread_is_scheduled(struct thread *thread)
+{
+	if (thread == NULL)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
diff --git a/lib/thread.h b/lib/thread.h
index abd94ff4f0..c5f0ffbf77 100644
--- a/lib/thread.h
+++ b/lib/thread.h
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ extern pthread_key_t thread_current;
 extern char *thread_timer_to_hhmmss(char *buf, int buf_size,
 		struct thread *t_timer);
 
+extern bool thread_is_scheduled(struct thread *thread);
 /* Debug signal mask */
 void debug_signals(const sigset_t *sigs);
 
diff --git a/zebra/zebra_rib.c b/zebra/zebra_rib.c
index 12e82dde94..fcac3328c9 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_rib.c
+++ b/zebra/zebra_rib.c
@@ -3890,14 +3890,16 @@ void rib_update(enum rib_update_event event)
 {
 	struct rib_update_ctx *ctx;
 
-	ctx = rib_update_ctx_init(0, event);
+	if (thread_is_scheduled(t_rib_update_threads[event]))
+		return;
 
+	ctx = rib_update_ctx_init(0, event);
 	ctx->vrf_all = true;
 
-	if (!thread_add_event(zrouter.master, rib_update_handler, ctx, 0,
-			      &t_rib_update_threads[event]))
-		rib_update_ctx_fini(&ctx); /* Already scheduled */
-	else if (IS_ZEBRA_DEBUG_EVENT)
+	thread_add_event(zrouter.master, rib_update_handler, ctx, 0,
+			 &t_rib_update_threads[event]);
+
+	if (IS_ZEBRA_DEBUG_EVENT)
 		zlog_debug("%s: Scheduled VRF (ALL), event %s", __func__,
 			   rib_update_event2str(event));
 }