diff --git a/pkg/routeagent_driver/handlers/ovn/host_networking.go b/pkg/routeagent_driver/handlers/ovn/host_networking.go
index 838e71c10..720ce770f 100644
--- a/pkg/routeagent_driver/handlers/ovn/host_networking.go
+++ b/pkg/routeagent_driver/handlers/ovn/host_networking.go
@@ -134,12 +134,16 @@ func (ovn *Handler) getNextHopOnK8sMgmtIntf() (*net.IP, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		for _, subnet := range ovn.localEndpoint.Spec.Subnets {
+		// To support hostNetworking use-case the route-agent handler programs default route in table 150
+		// with nexthop matching the nexthop on the ovn-k8s-mp0 interface. Basically, we want the Submariner
+		// managed traffic to be forwarded to the ovn_cluster_router and pass through the CNI network so that
+		// it reaches the active gateway node in the cluster via the submariner pipeline.
+		for _, subnet := range ovn.config.ClusterCidr {
 			if currentRouteList[i].Dst.String() == subnet {
 				return &currentRouteList[i].Gw, nil
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find the route to %v via %q", ovn.localEndpoint.Spec.Subnets, OVNK8sMgmntIntfName)
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find the route to %v via %q", ovn.config.ClusterCidr, OVNK8sMgmntIntfName)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/routeagent_driver/handlers/ovn/south_rules.go b/pkg/routeagent_driver/handlers/ovn/south_rules.go
index 1b05c06f5..749147155 100644
--- a/pkg/routeagent_driver/handlers/ovn/south_rules.go
+++ b/pkg/routeagent_driver/handlers/ovn/south_rules.go
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ import (
 
 // handleSubnets builds ip rules, and passes them to the specified netlink function
 //               for provided subnet list
-func (ovn *Handler) handleSubnets(subnets []string, ruleFunc func(rule *netlink.Rule) error,
+func (ovn *Handler) handleSubnets(remoteSubnets []string, ruleFunc func(rule *netlink.Rule) error,
 	ignoredErrorFunc func(error) bool,
 ) error {
-	for _, subnetToHandle := range subnets {
+	for _, subnetToHandle := range remoteSubnets {
 		for _, localSubnet := range ovn.localEndpoint.Spec.Subnets {
 			rule, err := ovn.getRuleSpec(localSubnet, subnetToHandle, constants.RouteAgentInterClusterNetworkTableID)
 			if err != nil {