diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index cc8e84ef2ae46..ccb62038f6a4a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -889,8 +889,13 @@ int fib_nh_match(struct net *net, 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(net, cfg->fc_encap_type,
 					    cfg->fc_encap, nh, cfg, extack))