diff --git a/orchagent/vnetorch.cpp b/orchagent/vnetorch.cpp
index 9640e0ee3ab7..e3f2cbac6eb6 100644
--- a/orchagent/vnetorch.cpp
+++ b/orchagent/vnetorch.cpp
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ bool VNetRouteOrch::doRouteTask<VNetVrfObject>(const string& vnet, IpPrefix& ipP
             NextHopGroupKey nhg = it_route->second;
             if(--syncd_nexthop_groups_[vnet][nhg].ref_count == 0)
             {
-                if (nexthops.getSize() > 1)
+                if (nhg.getSize() > 1)
                 {
                     removeNextHopGroup(vnet, nhg, vrf_obj);
                 }