diff --git a/tests/everflow/everflow_test_utilities.py b/tests/everflow/everflow_test_utilities.py
index f582d16e93d..7b461813d7c 100644
--- a/tests/everflow/everflow_test_utilities.py
+++ b/tests/everflow/everflow_test_utilities.py
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ def get_port_info(in_port_list, out_port_list, out_port_ptf_id_list, out_port_la
 
     peer_ip, _ = get_neighbor_info(duthost, spine_dest_ports[3])
 
+    # Disable recursive route resolution as we have test case where we check
+    # if better unresolved route is there then it should not be picked by Mirror state DB
+    # This change is triggeed by Sonic PR#https://github.com/Azure/sonic-buildimage/pull/5600
+    duthost.shell("vtysh -c \"configure terminal\" -c \"no ip nht resolve-via-default\"")
+
     add_route(duthost, "30.0.0.1/24", peer_ip)
 
     duthost.command("mkdir -p {}".format(DUT_RUN_DIR))
@@ -175,6 +180,8 @@ def get_port_info(in_port_list, out_port_list, out_port_ptf_id_list, out_port_la
 
     remove_route(duthost, "30.0.0.1/24", peer_ip)
 
+    duthost.shell("vtysh -c \"configure terminal\" -c \"ip nht resolve-via-default\"")
+
 
 # TODO: This should be refactored to some common area of sonic-mgmt.
 def add_route(duthost, prefix, nexthop):