diff --git a/zebra/dplane_fpm_nl.c b/zebra/dplane_fpm_nl.c
index 51b1df255814..02881a644705 100644
--- a/zebra/dplane_fpm_nl.c
+++ b/zebra/dplane_fpm_nl.c
@@ -587,7 +587,8 @@ static void fpm_read(struct event *t)
 		switch (hdr->nlmsg_type) {
 		case RTM_NEWROUTE:
 			ctx = dplane_ctx_alloc();
-			dplane_ctx_set_op(ctx, DPLANE_OP_ROUTE_NOTIFY);
+			dplane_ctx_route_init(ctx, DPLANE_OP_ROUTE_NOTIFY, NULL,
+					      NULL);
 			if (netlink_route_change_read_unicast_internal(
 				    hdr, 0, false, ctx) != 1) {
 				dplane_ctx_fini(&ctx);