diff --git a/test/case/routing/rip_multihop/test.py b/test/case/routing/rip_multihop/test.py
index 1380d72ea..c35d74494 100755
--- a/test/case/routing/rip_multihop/test.py
+++ b/test/case/routing/rip_multihop/test.py
@@ -253,21 +253,21 @@ def config_r3(target, link, data):
     with test.step("Wait for RIP routes to be exchanged"):
         print("Waiting for RIP routes to propagate...")
         # R1 should learn R2's loopback
-        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R1, "192.168.22.1/32", proto="ietf-rip:rip"), attempts=40)
+        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R1, "192.168.22.1/32", proto="ietf-rip:rip", active_check=True), attempts=40)
         # R1 should learn R3's loopback (via R2)
-        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R1, "192.168.33.1/32", proto="ietf-rip:rip"), attempts=40)
+        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R1, "192.168.33.1/32", proto="ietf-rip:rip", active_check=True), attempts=40)
         # R2 should learn R1's loopback
-        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R2, "192.168.11.1/32", proto="ietf-rip:rip"), attempts=40)
+        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R2, "192.168.11.1/32", proto="ietf-rip:rip", active_check=True), attempts=40)
         # R2 should learn R3's loopback
-        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R2, "192.168.33.1/32", proto="ietf-rip:rip"), attempts=40)
+        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R2, "192.168.33.1/32", proto="ietf-rip:rip", active_check=True), attempts=40)
         # R3 should learn R2's loopback
-        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R3, "192.168.22.1/32", proto="ietf-rip:rip"), attempts=40)
+        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R3, "192.168.22.1/32", proto="ietf-rip:rip", active_check=True), attempts=40)
         # R3 should learn R1's loopback (via R2)
-        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R3, "192.168.11.1/32", proto="ietf-rip:rip"), attempts=40)
-        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R2, "192.168.10.0/24", proto="ietf-rip:rip"), attempts=40)
-        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R3, "192.168.10.0/24", proto="ietf-rip:rip"), attempts=40)
-        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R2, "192.168.70.0/24", proto="ietf-rip:rip"), attempts=40)
-        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R1, "192.168.70.0/24", proto="ietf-rip:rip"), attempts=40)
+        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R3, "192.168.11.1/32", proto="ietf-rip:rip", active_check=True), attempts=40)
+        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R2, "192.168.10.0/24", proto="ietf-rip:rip", active_check=True), attempts=40)
+        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R3, "192.168.10.0/24", proto="ietf-rip:rip", active_check=True), attempts=40)
+        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R2, "192.168.70.0/24", proto="ietf-rip:rip", active_check=True), attempts=40)
+        until(lambda: route.ipv4_route_exist(R1, "192.168.70.0/24", proto="ietf-rip:rip", active_check=True), attempts=40)
 
     with test.step("Verify R2 has two RIP neighbors"):
         print("Checking R2 has two RIP neighbors...")
diff --git a/test/infamy/route.py b/test/infamy/route.py
index b3774a3a4..4cf7b1db8 100644
--- a/test/infamy/route.py
+++ b/test/infamy/route.py
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ def _get_routes(target, protocol):
         return r.get("routes", {}).get("route", {})
     return {}
 
+def _installed(route):
+    """True if at least one next-hop of the route is installed in the FIB"""
+    nh = route.get("next-hop", {})
+    hops = nh.get("next-hop-list", {}).get("next-hop", [nh])
+    return any("installed" in h or "infix-routing:installed" in h for h in hops)
+
+
 def _exist_route(target, dest, nexthop=None, ip=None, proto=None, pref=None, active_check=False):
     routes = _get_routes(target, ip)
     for r in routes:
@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@ def _exist_route(target, dest, nexthop=None, ip=None, proto=None, pref=None, act
                 if nh_addr != nexthop:
                     continue
 
-        if active_check and "active" not in r:
+        if active_check and ("active" not in r or not _installed(r)):
             continue
 
         return True