diff --git a/bgpd/rfapi/rfapi.c b/bgpd/rfapi/rfapi.c
index 0cf3bdfb57..985bcaf942 100644
--- a/bgpd/rfapi/rfapi.c
+++ b/bgpd/rfapi/rfapi.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ add_vnc_route (
     }
 
   /* override default weight assigned by bgp_attr_default_set() */
-  attr.extra->weight = (rfd->peer ? rfd->peer->weight : 0);
+  attr.extra->weight = rfd->peer ? rfd->peer->weight[afi][safi] : 0;
 
   /*
    * NB: ticket 81: do not reset attr.aspath here because it would