diff --git a/include/net/nexthop.h b/include/net/nexthop.h
index 8a343519ed7a..f09e8d7d9886 100644
--- a/include/net/nexthop.h
+++ b/include/net/nexthop.h
@@ -137,21 +137,20 @@ static inline unsigned int nexthop_num_path(const struct nexthop *nh)
 {
 	unsigned int rc = 1;
 
-	if (nexthop_is_multipath(nh)) {
+	if (nh->is_group) {
 		struct nh_group *nh_grp;
 
 		nh_grp = rcu_dereference_rtnl(nh->nh_grp);
-		rc = nh_grp->num_nh;
+		if (nh_grp->mpath)
+			rc = nh_grp->num_nh;
 	}
 
 	return rc;
 }
 
 static inline
-struct nexthop *nexthop_mpath_select(const struct nexthop *nh, int nhsel)
+struct nexthop *nexthop_mpath_select(const struct nh_group *nhg, int nhsel)
 {
-	const struct nh_group *nhg = rcu_dereference_rtnl(nh->nh_grp);
-
 	/* for_nexthops macros in fib_semantics.c grabs a pointer to
 	 * the nexthop before checking nhsel
 	 */
@@ -186,12 +185,14 @@ static inline bool nexthop_is_blackhole(const struct nexthop *nh)
 {
 	const struct nh_info *nhi;
 
-	if (nexthop_is_multipath(nh)) {
-		if (nexthop_num_path(nh) > 1)
-			return false;
-		nh = nexthop_mpath_select(nh, 0);
-		if (!nh)
+	if (nh->is_group) {
+		struct nh_group *nh_grp;
+
+		nh_grp = rcu_dereference_rtnl(nh->nh_grp);
+		if (nh_grp->num_nh > 1)
 			return false;
+
+		nh = nh_grp->nh_entries[0].nh;
 	}
 
 	nhi = rcu_dereference_rtnl(nh->nh_info);
@@ -217,10 +218,15 @@ struct fib_nh_common *nexthop_fib_nhc(struct nexthop *nh, int nhsel)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct fib_nh, nh_common) != 0);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct fib6_nh, nh_common) != 0);
 
-	if (nexthop_is_multipath(nh)) {
-		nh = nexthop_mpath_select(nh, nhsel);
-		if (!nh)
-			return NULL;
+	if (nh->is_group) {
+		struct nh_group *nh_grp;
+
+		nh_grp = rcu_dereference_rtnl(nh->nh_grp);
+		if (nh_grp->mpath) {
+			nh = nexthop_mpath_select(nh_grp, nhsel);
+			if (!nh)
+				return NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	nhi = rcu_dereference_rtnl(nh->nh_info);
@@ -264,8 +270,11 @@ static inline struct fib6_nh *nexthop_fib6_nh(struct nexthop *nh)
 {
 	struct nh_info *nhi;
 
-	if (nexthop_is_multipath(nh)) {
-		nh = nexthop_mpath_select(nh, 0);
+	if (nh->is_group) {
+		struct nh_group *nh_grp;
+
+		nh_grp = rcu_dereference_rtnl(nh->nh_grp);
+		nh = nexthop_mpath_select(nh_grp, 0);
 		if (!nh)
 			return NULL;
 	}