diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index 0137854a7faa..388f5773b88d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -201,9 +201,10 @@ 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,
+		};
 	}
 
 	return 0;