diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index 4d69b3de980a..0137854a7faa 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ static int nh_create_ipv4(struct net *net, struct nexthop *nh,
 	if (!err) {
 		nh->nh_flags = fib_nh->fib_nh_flags;
 		fib_info_update_nhc_saddr(net, &fib_nh->nh_common,
-					  fib_nh->fib_nh_scope);
+					  !fib_nh->fib_nh_scope ? 0 : fib_nh->fib_nh_scope - 1);
 	} else {
 		fib_nh_release(net, fib_nh);
 	}