diff --git a/lib/route/route_obj.c b/lib/route/route_obj.c
index aba1a1bb..0a0c06d6 100644
--- a/lib/route/route_obj.c
+++ b/lib/route/route_obj.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static uint64_t route_compare(struct nl_object *_a, struct nl_object *_b,
 			found = 0;
 			nl_list_for_each_entry(nh_b, &b->rt_nexthops,
 					       rtnh_list) {
-				if (!rtnl_route_nh_compare(nh_a, nh_b, ~0, 0)) {
+				if (rtnl_route_nh_identical(nh_a, nh_b)) {
 					found = 1;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static uint64_t route_compare(struct nl_object *_a, struct nl_object *_b,
 			found = 0;
 			nl_list_for_each_entry(nh_a, &a->rt_nexthops,
 					       rtnh_list) {
-				if (!rtnl_route_nh_compare(nh_a, nh_b, ~0, 0)) {
+				if (rtnl_route_nh_identical(nh_a, nh_b)) {
 					found = 1;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static int route_update(struct nl_object *old_obj, struct nl_object *new_obj)
 		 * Do not add the nexthop to old route if it was already added before
 		 */
 		nl_list_for_each_entry(old_nh, &old_route->rt_nexthops, rtnh_list) {
-			if (!rtnl_route_nh_compare(old_nh, new_nh, ~0, 0)) {
+			if (rtnl_route_nh_identical(old_nh, new_nh)) {
 				return 0;
 			}
 		}
@@ -574,15 +574,7 @@ static int route_update(struct nl_object *old_obj, struct nl_object *new_obj)
 		 */
 		nl_list_for_each_entry(old_nh, &old_route->rt_nexthops,
 			rtnh_list) {
-			/*
-			 * Since the new route has only one nexthop, it's not
-			 * an ECMP route and the nexthop won't have a weight.
-			 * Similarily, the nexthop might have been marked as
-			 * DEAD in its flags if it was deleted.
-			 * Therefore ignore NH_ATTR_FLAGS (= 0x1) and
-			 * NH_ATTR_WEIGHT (= 0x2) while comparing nexthops.
-			 */
-			if (!rtnl_route_nh_compare(old_nh, new_nh, ~0x3, 0)) {
+			if (rtnl_route_nh_identical(old_nh, new_nh)) {
 
 				rtnl_route_remove_nexthop(old_route, old_nh);