diff --git a/internal/gatewayapi/route.go b/internal/gatewayapi/route.go
index 1b0ac613bdd5..495cf4963f94 100644
--- a/internal/gatewayapi/route.go
+++ b/internal/gatewayapi/route.go
@@ -962,7 +962,6 @@ func (t *Translator) ProcessTCPRoutes(tcpRoutes []*gwapiv1a2.TCPRoute, gateways
 
 func (t *Translator) processTCPRouteParentRefs(tcpRoute *TCPRouteContext, resources *Resources, xdsIR XdsIRMap) {
 	for _, parentRef := range tcpRoute.ParentRefs {
-
 		// Need to compute Route rules within the parentRef loop because
 		// any conditions that come out of it have to go on each RouteParentStatus,
 		// not on the Route as a whole.
@@ -978,23 +977,21 @@ func (t *Translator) processTCPRouteParentRefs(tcpRoute *TCPRouteContext, resour
 			)
 			continue
 		}
-		if len(tcpRoute.Spec.Rules[0].BackendRefs) != 1 {
-			parentRef.SetCondition(tcpRoute,
-				gwapiv1.RouteConditionResolvedRefs,
-				metav1.ConditionFalse,
-				"InvalidBackend",
-				"One and only one backend is supported",
-			)
-			continue
-		}
 
-		backendRef := tcpRoute.Spec.Rules[0].BackendRefs[0]
-		ds, _ := t.processDestination(backendRef, parentRef, tcpRoute, resources)
-		// Skip further processing if route destination is not valid
-		if ds == nil || len(ds.Endpoints) == 0 {
+		valid := true
+		for _, backendRef := range tcpRoute.Spec.Rules[0].BackendRefs {
+			ds, _ := t.processDestination(backendRef, parentRef, tcpRoute, resources)
+			// Skip further processing if route destination is not valid
+			if ds == nil || len(ds.Endpoints) == 0 {
+				valid = false
+				continue
+			}
+			destSettings = append(destSettings, ds)
+		}
+		if !valid {
 			continue
 		}
-		destSettings = append(destSettings, ds)
+
 		// If no negative condition has been set for ResolvedRefs, set "ResolvedRefs=True"
 		if !parentRef.HasCondition(tcpRoute, gwapiv1.RouteConditionResolvedRefs, metav1.ConditionFalse) {
 			parentRef.SetCondition(tcpRoute,
diff --git a/internal/gatewayapi/testdata/gateway-with-listener-with-tcproute-with-multiple-backends.out.yaml b/internal/gatewayapi/testdata/gateway-with-listener-with-tcproute-with-multiple-backends.out.yaml
index d87a590cc694..43d2db730ddf 100644
--- a/internal/gatewayapi/testdata/gateway-with-listener-with-tcproute-with-multiple-backends.out.yaml
+++ b/internal/gatewayapi/testdata/gateway-with-listener-with-tcproute-with-multiple-backends.out.yaml
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ tcpRoutes:
         status: "True"
         type: Accepted
       - lastTransitionTime: null
-        message: One and only one backend is supported
-        reason: InvalidBackend
-        status: "False"
+        message: Resolved all the Object references for the Route
+        reason: ResolvedRefs
+        status: "True"
         type: ResolvedRefs
       controllerName: gateway.envoyproxy.io/gatewayclass-controller
       parentRef:
@@ -94,3 +94,23 @@ xdsIR:
     accessLog:
       text:
       - path: /dev/stdout
+    tcp:
+    - address: 0.0.0.0
+      destination:
+        name: tcproute/default/tcproute-1/rule/-1
+        settings:
+        - addressType: IP
+          endpoints:
+          - host: 7.7.7.7
+            port: 8080
+          protocol: TCP
+          weight: 50
+        - addressType: IP
+          endpoints:
+          - host: 7.7.7.7
+            port: 8080
+          protocol: TCP
+          weight: 50
+      name: envoy-gateway/gateway-1/tcp/tcproute-1
+      port: 10080
+      tls: {}