diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
index 53126bf68ea937e7b2c6951787c25450ec0ebdb5..01d0efa9c5c7419b6e2fa99ed6b99562811bcbd5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_router_neigh_update_hw(struct work_struct *work)
 	char rauht_pl[MLXSW_REG_RAUHT_LEN];
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	bool entry_connected;
-	u8 nud_state;
+	u8 nud_state, dead;
 	bool updating;
 	bool removing;
 	bool adding;
@@ -953,10 +953,11 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_router_neigh_update_hw(struct work_struct *work)
 	dip = ntohl(*((__be32 *) n->primary_key));
 	memcpy(neigh_entry->ha, n->ha, sizeof(neigh_entry->ha));
 	nud_state = n->nud_state;
+	dead = n->dead;
 	dev = n->dev;
 	read_unlock_bh(&n->lock);
 
-	entry_connected = nud_state & NUD_VALID;
+	entry_connected = nud_state & NUD_VALID && !dead;
 	adding = (!neigh_entry->offloaded) && entry_connected;
 	updating = neigh_entry->offloaded && entry_connected;
 	removing = neigh_entry->offloaded && !entry_connected;
@@ -1351,7 +1352,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 	struct mlxsw_sp_neigh_entry *neigh_entry;
 	struct net_device *dev = fib_nh->nh_dev;
 	struct neighbour *n;
-	u8 nud_state;
+	u8 nud_state, dead;
 
 	/* Take a reference of neigh here ensuring that neigh would
 	 * not be detructed before the nexthop entry is finished.
@@ -1383,8 +1384,9 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 	list_add_tail(&nh->neigh_list_node, &neigh_entry->nexthop_list);
 	read_lock_bh(&n->lock);
 	nud_state = n->nud_state;
+	dead = n->dead;
 	read_unlock_bh(&n->lock);
-	__mlxsw_sp_nexthop_neigh_update(nh, !(nud_state & NUD_VALID));
+	__mlxsw_sp_nexthop_neigh_update(nh, !(nud_state & NUD_VALID && !dead));
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1394,6 +1396,7 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_nexthop_fini(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 {
 	struct mlxsw_sp_neigh_entry *neigh_entry = nh->neigh_entry;
 
+	__mlxsw_sp_nexthop_neigh_update(nh, true);
 	list_del(&nh->neigh_list_node);
 
 	/* If that is the last nexthop connected to that neigh, remove from
@@ -1452,6 +1455,8 @@ mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group_destroy(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 		nh = &nh_grp->nexthops[i];
 		mlxsw_sp_nexthop_fini(mlxsw_sp, nh);
 	}
+	mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group_refresh(mlxsw_sp, nh_grp);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(nh_grp->adj_index_valid);
 	kfree(nh_grp);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 782dd866366554e53dda3e6c69c807ec90bd0e08..7bb12e07ffef4273e156893cc150ea5c9d79e8bd 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ static void neigh_cleanup_and_release(struct neighbour *neigh)
 		neigh->parms->neigh_cleanup(neigh);
 
 	__neigh_notify(neigh, RTM_DELNEIGH, 0);
+	call_netevent_notifiers(NETEVENT_NEIGH_UPDATE, neigh);
 	neigh_release(neigh);
 }