diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index 29118c43ebf5..34137768e7f9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -2399,6 +2399,13 @@ static int replace_nexthop_single(struct net *net, struct nexthop *old,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (!list_empty(&old->grp_list) &&
+	    rtnl_dereference(new->nh_info)->fdb_nh !=
+	    rtnl_dereference(old->nh_info)->fdb_nh) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Cannot change nexthop FDB status while in a group");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	err = call_nexthop_notifiers(net, NEXTHOP_EVENT_REPLACE, new, extack);
 	if (err)
 		return err;