diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
index 01d0efa9c5c7..9e494a446b7e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
@@ -1172,7 +1172,8 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop_mac_update(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp, u32 adj_index,
 
 static int
 mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group_mac_update(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
-				  struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group *nh_grp)
+				  struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group *nh_grp,
+				  bool reallocate)
 {
 	u32 adj_index = nh_grp->adj_index; /* base */
 	struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop *nh;
@@ -1187,7 +1188,7 @@ mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group_mac_update(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (nh->update) {
+		if (nh->update || reallocate) {
 			err = mlxsw_sp_nexthop_mac_update(mlxsw_sp,
 							  adj_index, nh);
 			if (err)
@@ -1248,7 +1249,8 @@ mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group_refresh(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 		/* Nothing was added or removed, so no need to reallocate. Just
 		 * update MAC on existing adjacency indexes.
 		 */
-		err = mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group_mac_update(mlxsw_sp, nh_grp);
+		err = mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group_mac_update(mlxsw_sp, nh_grp,
+							false);
 		if (err) {
 			dev_warn(mlxsw_sp->bus_info->dev, "Failed to update neigh MAC in adjacency table.\n");
 			goto set_trap;
@@ -1276,7 +1278,7 @@ mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group_refresh(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 	nh_grp->adj_index_valid = 1;
 	nh_grp->adj_index = adj_index;
 	nh_grp->ecmp_size = ecmp_size;
-	err = mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group_mac_update(mlxsw_sp, nh_grp);
+	err = mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group_mac_update(mlxsw_sp, nh_grp, true);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_warn(mlxsw_sp->bus_info->dev, "Failed to update neigh MAC in adjacency table.\n");
 		goto set_trap;