diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 692ba6d6180f80..f99ad4a98907df 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -876,8 +876,13 @@ int fib_nh_match(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_info *fi,
 	}
 
 	if (cfg->fc_oif || cfg->fc_gw_family) {
-		struct fib_nh *nh = fib_info_nh(fi, 0);
+		struct fib_nh *nh;
+
+		/* cannot match on nexthop object attributes */
+		if (fi->nh)
+			return 1;
 
+		nh = fib_info_nh(fi, 0);
 		if (cfg->fc_encap) {
 			if (fib_encap_match(cfg->fc_encap_type, cfg->fc_encap,
 					    nh, cfg, extack))