diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index 59e0d4e99f94..1f1dd22980e4 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -480,6 +480,8 @@ void fib_nh_common_release(struct fib_nh_common *nhc);
 void fib_alias_hw_flags_set(struct net *net, const struct fib_rt_info *fri);
 void fib_trie_init(void);
 struct fib_table *fib_trie_table(u32 id, struct fib_table *alias);
+bool fib_lookup_good_nhc(const struct fib_nh_common *nhc, int fib_flags,
+			 const struct flowi4 *flp);
 
 static inline void fib_combine_itag(u32 *itag, const struct fib_result *res)
 {
diff --git a/include/net/nexthop.h b/include/net/nexthop.h
index f09e8d7d9886..9414ae46fc1c 100644
--- a/include/net/nexthop.h
+++ b/include/net/nexthop.h
@@ -233,6 +233,39 @@ struct fib_nh_common *nexthop_fib_nhc(struct nexthop *nh, int nhsel)
 	return &nhi->fib_nhc;
 }
 
+/* called from fib_table_lookup with rcu_lock */
+static inline
+struct fib_nh_common *nexthop_get_nhc_lookup(const struct nexthop *nh,
+					     int fib_flags,
+					     const struct flowi4 *flp,
+					     int *nhsel)
+{
+	struct nh_info *nhi;
+
+	if (nh->is_group) {
+		struct nh_group *nhg = rcu_dereference(nh->nh_grp);
+		int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < nhg->num_nh; i++) {
+			struct nexthop *nhe = nhg->nh_entries[i].nh;
+
+			nhi = rcu_dereference(nhe->nh_info);
+			if (fib_lookup_good_nhc(&nhi->fib_nhc, fib_flags, flp)) {
+				*nhsel = i;
+				return &nhi->fib_nhc;
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		nhi = rcu_dereference(nh->nh_info);
+		if (fib_lookup_good_nhc(&nhi->fib_nhc, fib_flags, flp)) {
+			*nhsel = 0;
+			return &nhi->fib_nhc;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline unsigned int fib_info_num_path(const struct fib_info *fi)
 {
 	if (unlikely(fi->nh))
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index 4f334b425538..248f1c1959a6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -1371,6 +1371,26 @@ static inline t_key prefix_mismatch(t_key key, struct key_vector *n)
 	return (key ^ prefix) & (prefix | -prefix);
 }
 
+bool fib_lookup_good_nhc(const struct fib_nh_common *nhc, int fib_flags,
+			 const struct flowi4 *flp)
+{
+	if (nhc->nhc_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
+		return false;
+
+	if (ip_ignore_linkdown(nhc->nhc_dev) &&
+	    nhc->nhc_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN &&
+	    !(fib_flags & FIB_LOOKUP_IGNORE_LINKSTATE))
+		return false;
+
+	if (!(flp->flowi4_flags & FLOWI_FLAG_SKIP_NH_OIF)) {
+		if (flp->flowi4_oif &&
+		    flp->flowi4_oif != nhc->nhc_oif)
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /* should be called with rcu_read_lock */
 int fib_table_lookup(struct fib_table *tb, const struct flowi4 *flp,
 		     struct fib_result *res, int fib_flags)
@@ -1503,6 +1523,7 @@ int fib_table_lookup(struct fib_table *tb, const struct flowi4 *flp,
 	/* Step 3: Process the leaf, if that fails fall back to backtracing */
 	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(fa, &n->leaf, fa_list) {
 		struct fib_info *fi = fa->fa_info;
+		struct fib_nh_common *nhc;
 		int nhsel, err;
 
 		if ((BITS_PER_LONG > KEYLENGTH) || (fa->fa_slen < KEYLENGTH)) {
@@ -1528,26 +1549,25 @@ int fib_table_lookup(struct fib_table *tb, const struct flowi4 *flp,
 		if (fi->fib_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
 			continue;
 
-		if (unlikely(fi->nh && nexthop_is_blackhole(fi->nh))) {
-			err = fib_props[RTN_BLACKHOLE].error;
-			goto out_reject;
+		if (unlikely(fi->nh)) {
+			if (nexthop_is_blackhole(fi->nh)) {
+				err = fib_props[RTN_BLACKHOLE].error;
+				goto out_reject;
+			}
+
+			nhc = nexthop_get_nhc_lookup(fi->nh, fib_flags, flp,
+						     &nhsel);
+			if (nhc)
+				goto set_result;
+			goto miss;
 		}
 
 		for (nhsel = 0; nhsel < fib_info_num_path(fi); nhsel++) {
-			struct fib_nh_common *nhc = fib_info_nhc(fi, nhsel);
+			nhc = fib_info_nhc(fi, nhsel);
 
-			if (nhc->nhc_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
+			if (!fib_lookup_good_nhc(nhc, fib_flags, flp))
 				continue;
-			if (ip_ignore_linkdown(nhc->nhc_dev) &&
-			    nhc->nhc_flags & RTNH_F_LINKDOWN &&
-			    !(fib_flags & FIB_LOOKUP_IGNORE_LINKSTATE))
-				continue;
-			if (!(flp->flowi4_flags & FLOWI_FLAG_SKIP_NH_OIF)) {
-				if (flp->flowi4_oif &&
-				    flp->flowi4_oif != nhc->nhc_oif)
-					continue;
-			}
-
+set_result:
 			if (!(fib_flags & FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF))
 				refcount_inc(&fi->fib_clntref);
 
@@ -1568,6 +1588,7 @@ int fib_table_lookup(struct fib_table *tb, const struct flowi4 *flp,
 			return err;
 		}
 	}
+miss:
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_FIB_TRIE_STATS
 	this_cpu_inc(stats->semantic_match_miss);
 #endif
