diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index 535856b0f0edce6d8dae47126b42125c178df889..6b9787ee860175db7154c84164c7d2f5cc825055 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -888,9 +888,10 @@ static int nla_put_nh_group(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nexthop *nh,
 
 	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))