diff --git a/zebra/dplane_fpm_nl.c b/zebra/dplane_fpm_nl.c
index 337113988e..8550d7e304 100644
--- a/zebra/dplane_fpm_nl.c
+++ b/zebra/dplane_fpm_nl.c
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ static int fpm_nl_enqueue(struct fpm_nl_ctx *fnc, struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx)
 
 	case DPLANE_OP_NH_DELETE:
 		rv = netlink_nexthop_msg_encode(RTM_DELNEXTHOP, ctx, nl_buf,
-						sizeof(nl_buf));
+						sizeof(nl_buf), true);
 		if (rv <= 0) {
 			zlog_err("%s: netlink_nexthop_msg_encode failed",
 				 __func__);
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ static int fpm_nl_enqueue(struct fpm_nl_ctx *fnc, struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx)
 	case DPLANE_OP_NH_INSTALL:
 	case DPLANE_OP_NH_UPDATE:
 		rv = netlink_nexthop_msg_encode(RTM_NEWNEXTHOP, ctx, nl_buf,
-						sizeof(nl_buf));
+						sizeof(nl_buf), true);
 		if (rv <= 0) {
 			zlog_err("%s: netlink_nexthop_msg_encode failed",
 				 __func__);
diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
index 33fe8db99e..10725665e8 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
@@ -2501,7 +2501,7 @@ static bool _netlink_nexthop_build_group(struct nlmsghdr *n, size_t req_size,
  */
 ssize_t netlink_nexthop_msg_encode(uint16_t cmd,
 				   const struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx,
-				   void *buf, size_t buflen)
+				   void *buf, size_t buflen, bool fpm)
 {
 	struct {
 		struct nlmsghdr n;
@@ -2528,9 +2528,10 @@ ssize_t netlink_nexthop_msg_encode(uint16_t cmd,
 
 	/*
 	 * Nothing to do if the kernel doesn't support nexthop objects or
-	 * we dont want to install this type of NHG
+	 * we dont want to install this type of NHG, but FPM may possible to
+	 * handle this.
 	 */
-	if (!kernel_nexthops_supported()) {
+	if (!fpm && !kernel_nexthops_supported()) {
 		if (IS_ZEBRA_DEBUG_KERNEL || IS_ZEBRA_DEBUG_NHG)
 			zlog_debug(
 				"%s: nhg_id %u (%s): kernel nexthops not supported, ignoring",
@@ -2850,7 +2851,7 @@ static ssize_t netlink_nexthop_msg_encoder(struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	return netlink_nexthop_msg_encode(cmd, ctx, buf, buflen);
+	return netlink_nexthop_msg_encode(cmd, ctx, buf, buflen, false);
 }
 
 enum netlink_msg_status
diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.h b/zebra/rt_netlink.h
index fd2b79a2bf..b67169d6f0 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.h
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ extern int netlink_nexthop_change(struct nlmsghdr *h, ns_id_t ns_id,
 extern int netlink_nexthop_read(struct zebra_ns *zns);
 extern ssize_t netlink_nexthop_msg_encode(uint16_t cmd,
 					  const struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx,
-					  void *buf, size_t buflen);
+					  void *buf, size_t buflen, bool fpm);
 
 extern ssize_t netlink_lsp_msg_encoder(struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx, void *buf,
 				       size_t buflen);