diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/group/impl/DistributedGroupStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/group/impl/DistributedGroupStore.java
index 28e3302..88a1d54 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/group/impl/DistributedGroupStore.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/group/impl/DistributedGroupStore.java
@@ -719,6 +719,10 @@
     private List<GroupBucket> getUpdatedBucketList(Group oldGroup,
                                                    UpdateType type,
                                                    GroupBuckets buckets) {
+        if (type == UpdateType.SET) {
+            return buckets.buckets();
+        }
+
         List<GroupBucket> oldBuckets = oldGroup.buckets().buckets();
         List<GroupBucket> updatedBucketList = new ArrayList<>();
         boolean groupDescUpdated = false;
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/group/impl/DistributedGroupStoreTest.java b/core/store/dist/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/group/impl/DistributedGroupStoreTest.java
index a3ca1ec..e9cebef 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/group/impl/DistributedGroupStoreTest.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/group/impl/DistributedGroupStoreTest.java
@@ -430,6 +430,20 @@
                 assertEquals(weight, bucket.weight());
             }
         }
+
+        buckets = new GroupBuckets(ImmutableList.of(selectGroupBucketWithWeight));
+
+        groupStore.updateGroupDescription(deviceId1,
+                newKey,
+                SET,
+                buckets,
+                newKey);
+
+        group1 = groupStore.getGroup(deviceId1, groupId1);
+        assertThat(group1.appCookie(), is(newKey));
+        assertThat(group1.buckets().buckets(), hasSize(1));
+        GroupBucket onlyBucket = group1.buckets().buckets().iterator().next();
+        assertEquals(weight, onlyBucket.weight());
     }
 
     @Test