diff --git a/drivers/default/src/main/java/org/onosproject/driver/pipeline/ofdpa/Ofdpa2GroupHandler.java b/drivers/default/src/main/java/org/onosproject/driver/pipeline/ofdpa/Ofdpa2GroupHandler.java
index 6468363..6fa31d6 100644
--- a/drivers/default/src/main/java/org/onosproject/driver/pipeline/ofdpa/Ofdpa2GroupHandler.java
+++ b/drivers/default/src/main/java/org/onosproject/driver/pipeline/ofdpa/Ofdpa2GroupHandler.java
@@ -1885,6 +1885,7 @@
             if (topGroup == null) {
                 log.warn("topGroup {} not found in GroupStore device:{}, nextId:{}",
                          topGroupKey, deviceId, nextObjective.id());
+                fail(nextObjective, ObjectiveError.GROUPMISSING);
                 return;
             }
             int actualGroupSize = topGroup.buckets().buckets().size();