diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index d2369297910b..4d1531c4780c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static int nh_check_attr_group(struct net *net, struct nlattr *tb[],
 		if (!valid_group_nh(nh, len, extack))
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	for (i = NHA_GROUP + 1; i < __NHA_MAX; ++i) {
+	for (i = NHA_GROUP_TYPE + 1; i < __NHA_MAX; ++i) {
 		if (!tb[i])
 			continue;