diff --git a/lib/nexthop_group.c b/lib/nexthop_group.c
index c75ff7b4cd..9abd3139fd 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop_group.c
+++ b/lib/nexthop_group.c
@@ -105,20 +105,6 @@ uint8_t nexthop_group_active_nexthop_num(const struct nexthop_group *nhg)
 	return num;
 }
 
-uint8_t
-nexthop_group_active_nexthop_num_no_recurse(const struct nexthop_group *nhg)
-{
-	struct nexthop *nhop;
-	uint8_t num = 0;
-
-	for (nhop = nhg->nexthop; nhop; nhop = nhop->next) {
-		if (CHECK_FLAG(nhop->flags, NEXTHOP_FLAG_ACTIVE))
-			num++;
-	}
-
-	return num;
-}
-
 bool nexthop_group_has_label(const struct nexthop_group *nhg)
 {
 	struct nexthop *nhop;
@@ -1248,9 +1234,9 @@ void nexthop_group_disable_vrf(struct vrf *vrf)
 	struct nexthop_hold *nhh;
 
 	RB_FOREACH (nhgc, nhgc_entry_head, &nhgc_entries) {
-		struct listnode *node;
+		struct listnode *node, *nnode;
 
-		for (ALL_LIST_ELEMENTS_RO(nhgc->nhg_list, node, nhh)) {
+		for (ALL_LIST_ELEMENTS(nhgc->nhg_list, node, nnode, nhh)) {
 			struct nexthop nhop;
 			struct nexthop *nh;
 
@@ -1271,6 +1257,8 @@ void nexthop_group_disable_vrf(struct vrf *vrf)
 				nhg_hooks.del_nexthop(nhgc, nh);
 
 			nexthop_free(nh);
+
+			list_delete_node(nhgc->nhg_list, node);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/nexthop_group.h b/lib/nexthop_group.h
index 78237e464f..88f9c62ccb 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop_group.h
+++ b/lib/nexthop_group.h
@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ extern uint8_t
 nexthop_group_nexthop_num_no_recurse(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);
 extern uint8_t
 nexthop_group_active_nexthop_num(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);
-extern uint8_t
-nexthop_group_active_nexthop_num_no_recurse(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);
 
 extern bool nexthop_group_has_label(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);
 
diff --git a/sharpd/sharp_zebra.c b/sharpd/sharp_zebra.c
index aa720bacf2..9ff6ba99b6 100644
--- a/sharpd/sharp_zebra.c
+++ b/sharpd/sharp_zebra.c
@@ -563,9 +563,15 @@ void nhg_add(uint32_t id, const struct nexthop_group *nhg,
 	}
 
 	if (api_nhg.nexthop_num == 0) {
-		zlog_debug("%s: nhg %u not sent: no valid nexthops", __func__,
-			   id);
-		is_valid = false;
+		if (sharp_nhgroup_id_is_installed(id)) {
+			zlog_debug("%s: nhg %u: no nexthops, deleting nexthop group", __func__,
+				   id);
+			zclient_nhg_send(zclient, ZEBRA_NHG_DEL, &api_nhg);
+		} else {
+			zlog_debug("%s: nhg %u not sent: no valid nexthops", __func__,
+				   id);
+			is_valid = false;
+		}
 		goto done;
 	}
 
diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
index 477119d1ed..68b89454a5 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
@@ -2624,7 +2624,7 @@ static bool _netlink_nexthop_build_group(struct nlmsghdr *n, size_t req_size,
 
 			if (IS_ZEBRA_DEBUG_KERNEL) {
 				if (i == 0)
-					snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf1), "group %u",
+					snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "group %u",
 						 grp[i].id);
 				else {
 					snprintf(buf1, sizeof(buf1), "/%u",
diff --git a/zebra/zapi_msg.c b/zebra/zapi_msg.c
index 98268dafa6..f7293d8f0f 100644
--- a/zebra/zapi_msg.c
+++ b/zebra/zapi_msg.c
@@ -1973,6 +1973,8 @@ static void zread_nhg_del(ZAPI_HANDLER_ARGS)
 		zsend_nhg_notify(api_nhg.proto, client->instance,
 				 client->session_id, api_nhg.id,
 				 ZAPI_NHG_REMOVE_FAIL);
+	/* Stats */
+	client->nhg_del_cnt++;
 }
 
 static void zread_nhg_add(ZAPI_HANDLER_ARGS)
@@ -1981,7 +1983,7 @@ static void zread_nhg_add(ZAPI_HANDLER_ARGS)
 	struct zapi_nhg api_nhg = {};
 	struct nexthop_group *nhg = NULL;
 	struct nhg_backup_info *bnhg = NULL;
-	struct nhg_hash_entry *nhe;
+	struct nhg_hash_entry *nhe, *nhe_tmp;
 
 	s = msg;
 	if (zapi_nhg_decode(s, hdr->command, &api_nhg) < 0) {
@@ -2039,6 +2041,12 @@ static void zread_nhg_add(ZAPI_HANDLER_ARGS)
 	nexthop_group_delete(&nhg);
 	zebra_nhg_backup_free(&bnhg);
 
+	/* Stats */
+	nhe_tmp = zebra_nhg_lookup_id(api_nhg.id);
+	if (nhe_tmp)
+		client->nhg_upd8_cnt++;
+	else
+		client->nhg_add_cnt++;
 }
 
 static void zread_route_add(ZAPI_HANDLER_ARGS)
diff --git a/zebra/zebra_nhg.c b/zebra/zebra_nhg.c
index c38203df0f..c172f18cf1 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_nhg.c
+++ b/zebra/zebra_nhg.c
@@ -1526,7 +1526,13 @@ zebra_nhg_rib_find_nhe(struct nhg_hash_entry *rt_nhe, afi_t rt_afi)
 {
 	struct nhg_hash_entry *nhe = NULL;
 
-	if (!(rt_nhe && rt_nhe->nhg.nexthop)) {
+	if (!rt_nhe) {
+		flog_err(EC_ZEBRA_TABLE_LOOKUP_FAILED,
+			 "No nhg_hash_entry passed to %s", __func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!rt_nhe->nhg.nexthop) {
 		flog_err(EC_ZEBRA_TABLE_LOOKUP_FAILED,
 			 "No nexthop passed to %s", __func__);
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/zebra/zserv.c b/zebra/zserv.c
index 2db228b158..1d3989dc73 100644
--- a/zebra/zserv.c
+++ b/zebra/zserv.c
@@ -1061,6 +1061,8 @@ static void zebra_show_client_detail(struct vty *vty, struct zserv *client)
 		0, client->redist_v4_del_cnt);
 	vty_out(vty, "Redist:v6   %-12u%-12u%-12u\n", client->redist_v6_add_cnt,
 		0, client->redist_v6_del_cnt);
+	vty_out(vty, "NHG         %-12u%-12u%-12u\n", client->nhg_add_cnt,
+		client->nhg_upd8_cnt, client->nhg_del_cnt);
 	vty_out(vty, "VRF         %-12u%-12u%-12u\n", client->vrfadd_cnt, 0,
 		client->vrfdel_cnt);
 	vty_out(vty, "Connected   %-12u%-12u%-12u\n", client->ifadd_cnt, 0,
diff --git a/zebra/zserv.h b/zebra/zserv.h
index 90aa4d53f4..631145e4fb 100644
--- a/zebra/zserv.h
+++ b/zebra/zserv.h
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ struct zserv {
 	uint32_t local_es_evi_add_cnt;
 	uint32_t local_es_evi_del_cnt;
 	uint32_t error_cnt;
+	uint32_t nhg_add_cnt;
+	uint32_t nhg_upd8_cnt;
+	uint32_t nhg_del_cnt;
 
 	time_t nh_reg_time;
 	time_t nh_dereg_time;