diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 53fd835e4..891cfe976 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ Mike Bursell            mike.bursell@citrix.com
 Mike Kruze              mkruze@nicira.com
 Min Chen                ustcer.tonychan@gmail.com
 Mikael Doverhag         mdoverhag@nicira.com
+Mrinmoy Das             mrdas@ixiacom.com
 Nagi Reddy Jonnala      njonnala@Brocade.com
 Niels van Adrichem      N.L.M.vanAdrichem@tudelft.nl
 Niklas Andersson        nandersson@nicira.com
diff --git a/lib/ofp-util.c b/lib/ofp-util.c
index 60cc67432..6366919a4 100644
--- a/lib/ofp-util.c
+++ b/lib/ofp-util.c
@@ -8375,7 +8375,7 @@ ofputil_decode_group_mod(const struct ofp_header *oh,
     switch (gm->type) {
     case OFPGT11_INDIRECT:
         if (!list_is_singleton(&gm->buckets)) {
-            return OFPERR_OFPGMFC_INVALID_GROUP;
+            return OFPERR_OFPGMFC_OUT_OF_BUCKETS;
         }
         break;
     case OFPGT11_ALL: