diff --git a/zebra/rtread_getmsg.c b/zebra/rtread_getmsg.c
index 83ef648..7fb916f 100644
--- a/zebra/rtread_getmsg.c
+++ b/zebra/rtread_getmsg.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 }
 
 void
-route_read (void)
+route_read (struct zebra_vrf *zvrf)
 {
 	char 			storage[RT_BUFSIZ];
 
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
 	struct strbuf		msgdata;
 	int			flags, dev, retval, process;
 
+	if (zvrf->vrf_id != VRF_DEFAULT) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if ((dev = open (_PATH_GETMSG_ROUTE, O_RDWR)) == -1) {
 		zlog_warn ("can't open %s: %s", _PATH_GETMSG_ROUTE,
 			safe_strerror (errno));