diff --git a/src/vnet/fib/fib_entry_src.c b/src/vnet/fib/fib_entry_src.c
index fd80497..ab72565 100644
--- a/src/vnet/fib/fib_entry_src.c
+++ b/src/vnet/fib/fib_entry_src.c
@@ -447,9 +447,24 @@
         else
         {
             flow_hash_config_t fhc;
+            fib_protocol_t fp;
 
-            fhc = fib_table_get_flow_hash_config(fib_entry->fe_fib_index,
-                                                 dpo_proto_to_fib(lb_proto));
+            /*
+             * if the protocol for the LB we are building does not match that
+             * of the fib_entry (i.e. we are build the [n]EOS LB for an IPv[46]
+             * then the fib_index is not an index that relates to the table
+             * type we need. So get the default flow-hash config instead.
+             */
+            fp = dpo_proto_to_fib(lb_proto);
+
+            if (fib_entry->fe_prefix.fp_proto != fp)
+            {
+                fhc = fib_table_get_default_flow_hash_config(fp);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                fhc = fib_table_get_flow_hash_config(fib_entry->fe_fib_index, fp);
+            }
             dpo_set(dpo_lb,
                     DPO_LOAD_BALANCE,
                     lb_proto,
diff --git a/src/vnet/fib/fib_table.c b/src/vnet/fib/fib_table.c
index d50f17f..5aa02dd 100644
--- a/src/vnet/fib/fib_table.c
+++ b/src/vnet/fib/fib_table.c
@@ -951,6 +951,22 @@
 
     return (fib->ft_flow_hash_config);
 }
+flow_hash_config_t
+fib_table_get_default_flow_hash_config (fib_protocol_t proto)
+{
+    switch (proto)
+    {
+    case FIB_PROTOCOL_IP4:
+    case FIB_PROTOCOL_IP6:
+	return (IP_FLOW_HASH_DEFAULT);
+
+    case FIB_PROTOCOL_MPLS:
+	return (MPLS_FLOW_HASH_DEFAULT);
+    }
+
+    ASSERT(0);
+    return (IP_FLOW_HASH_DEFAULT);
+}
 
 /**
  * @brief Table set flow hash config context.
diff --git a/src/vnet/fib/fib_table.h b/src/vnet/fib/fib_table.h
index 2177334..a65fea7 100644
--- a/src/vnet/fib/fib_table.h
+++ b/src/vnet/fib/fib_table.h
@@ -667,6 +667,17 @@
 
 /**
  * @brief
+ *  Get the flow hash configured used by the protocol
+ *
+ * @paran proto
+ *  The protocol of the FIB (and thus the entries therein)
+ *
+ * @return The flow hash config
+ */
+extern flow_hash_config_t fib_table_get_default_flow_hash_config(fib_protocol_t proto);
+
+/**
+ * @brief
  *  Set the flow hash configured used by the table
  *
  * @param fib_index