diff --git a/internal/gatewayapi/route.go b/internal/gatewayapi/route.go
index 495cf4963f9..3ceb3ca7951 100644
--- a/internal/gatewayapi/route.go
+++ b/internal/gatewayapi/route.go
@@ -846,24 +846,22 @@ func (t *Translator) processUDPRouteParentRefs(udpRoute *UDPRouteContext, resour
 			)
 			continue
 		}
-		if len(udpRoute.Spec.Rules[0].BackendRefs) != 1 {
-			parentRef.SetCondition(udpRoute,
-				gwapiv1.RouteConditionResolvedRefs,
-				metav1.ConditionFalse,
-				"InvalidBackend",
-				"One and only one backend is supported",
-			)
-			continue
-		}
 
-		backendRef := udpRoute.Spec.Rules[0].BackendRefs[0]
-		ds, _ := t.processDestination(backendRef, parentRef, udpRoute, resources)
-		// Skip further processing if route destination is not valid
-		if ds == nil || len(ds.Endpoints) == 0 {
+		valid := true
+		for _, backendRef := range udpRoute.Spec.Rules[0].BackendRefs {
+			ds, _ := t.processDestination(backendRef, parentRef, udpRoute, resources)
+			// Skip further processing if route destination is not valid
+			if ds == nil || len(ds.Endpoints) == 0 {
+				valid = false
+				continue
+			}
+
+			destSettings = append(destSettings, ds)
+		}
+		if !valid {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		destSettings = append(destSettings, ds)
 		// If no negative condition has been set for ResolvedRefs, set "ResolvedRefs=True"
 		if !parentRef.HasCondition(udpRoute, gwapiv1.RouteConditionResolvedRefs, metav1.ConditionFalse) {
 			parentRef.SetCondition(udpRoute,
diff --git a/internal/gatewayapi/testdata/gateway-with-listener-with-udproute-with-multiple-backends.in.yaml b/internal/gatewayapi/testdata/gateway-with-listener-with-udproute-with-multiple-backends.in.yaml
index 6dfe97fba5e..fc6b8aec64d 100644
--- a/internal/gatewayapi/testdata/gateway-with-listener-with-udproute-with-multiple-backends.in.yaml
+++ b/internal/gatewayapi/testdata/gateway-with-listener-with-udproute-with-multiple-backends.in.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ udpRoutes:
       rules:
         - backendRefs:
             - name: service-1
-              port: 8080
+              port: 8162
               weight: 50
             - name: service-2
-              port: 8080
+              port: 8162
               weight: 50
diff --git a/internal/gatewayapi/testdata/gateway-with-listener-with-udproute-with-multiple-backends.out.yaml b/internal/gatewayapi/testdata/gateway-with-listener-with-udproute-with-multiple-backends.out.yaml
index 69ece808c6b..7141e821a37 100644
--- a/internal/gatewayapi/testdata/gateway-with-listener-with-udproute-with-multiple-backends.out.yaml
+++ b/internal/gatewayapi/testdata/gateway-with-listener-with-udproute-with-multiple-backends.out.yaml
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ udpRoutes:
     rules:
     - backendRefs:
       - name: service-1
-        port: 8080
+        port: 8162
         weight: 50
       - name: service-2
-        port: 8080
+        port: 8162
         weight: 50
   status:
     parents:
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ udpRoutes:
         status: "True"
         type: Accepted
       - lastTransitionTime: null
-        message: One and only one backend is supported
-        reason: InvalidBackend
-        status: "False"
+        message: Resolved all the Object references for the Route
+        reason: ResolvedRefs
+        status: "True"
         type: ResolvedRefs
       controllerName: gateway.envoyproxy.io/gatewayclass-controller
       parentRef:
@@ -94,3 +94,22 @@ xdsIR:
     accessLog:
       text:
       - path: /dev/stdout
+    udp:
+    - address: 0.0.0.0
+      destination:
+        name: udproute/default/udproute-1/rule/-1
+        settings:
+        - addressType: IP
+          endpoints:
+          - host: 7.7.7.7
+            port: 8162
+          protocol: UDP
+          weight: 50
+        - addressType: IP
+          endpoints:
+          - host: 7.7.7.7
+            port: 8162
+          protocol: UDP
+          weight: 50
+      name: envoy-gateway/gateway-1/udp/udproute-1
+      port: 10080