diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index be5498f5dd31..bba955d82f72 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -676,9 +676,10 @@ static int nla_put_nh_group(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nh_group *nhg)
 
 	p = nla_data(nla);
 	for (i = 0; i < nhg->num_nh; ++i) {
-		p->id = nhg->nh_entries[i].nh->id;
-		p->weight = nhg->nh_entries[i].weight - 1;
-		p += 1;
+		*p++ = (struct nexthop_grp) {
+			.id = nhg->nh_entries[i].nh->id,
+			.weight = nhg->nh_entries[i].weight - 1,
+		};
 	}
 
 	if (nhg->resilient && nla_put_nh_group_res(skb, nhg))