diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index ea32b113089d..2acac8a0d18b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ static struct nexthop *nexthop_create_group(struct net *net,
 	return nh;
 
 out_no_nh:
-	for (; i >= 0; --i)
+	for (i--; i >= 0; --i)
 		nexthop_put(nhg->nh_entries[i].nh);
 
 	kfree(nhg->spare);