diff --git a/source/6LoWPAN/Thread/thread_bbr_api.c b/source/6LoWPAN/Thread/thread_bbr_api.c
index 812843edd9d5..bab9f73d6f9a 100644
--- a/source/6LoWPAN/Thread/thread_bbr_api.c
+++ b/source/6LoWPAN/Thread/thread_bbr_api.c
@@ -629,13 +629,14 @@ static void thread_bbr_network_data_send(thread_bbr_t *this, uint8_t prefix[8],
 
 static void thread_bbr_routing_enable(thread_bbr_t *this, bool multicast_routing_enabled)
 {
+    // Start multicast proxying
+    // We do not enable multicast forwarding as there is other default router present in network
+    multicast_fwd_set_forwarding(this->interface_id, multicast_routing_enabled);
+
     if (this->routing_enabled) {
         return;
     }
     tr_info("br: enable routing");
-    // Start multicast proxying
-    // We do not enable multicast forwarding as there is other default router present in network
-    multicast_fwd_set_forwarding(this->interface_id, multicast_routing_enabled);
     this->routing_enabled = true;
 }