diff --git a/fpmsyncd/routesync.cpp b/fpmsyncd/routesync.cpp
index 6a128a078472..ab5868cdcff9 100644
--- a/fpmsyncd/routesync.cpp
+++ b/fpmsyncd/routesync.cpp
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ string RouteSync::getNextHopWt(struct rtnl_route *route_obj)
         uint8_t weight = rtnl_route_nh_get_weight(nexthop);
         if (weight)
         {
-            result += to_string(weight + 1);
+            result += to_string(weight);
         }
         else
         {