diff --git a/openair1/PHY/NR_TRANSPORT/nr_ulsch_demodulation.c b/openair1/PHY/NR_TRANSPORT/nr_ulsch_demodulation.c
index 8ed0988ba6..723d13f65e 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/NR_TRANSPORT/nr_ulsch_demodulation.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/NR_TRANSPORT/nr_ulsch_demodulation.c
@@ -1389,6 +1389,20 @@ static void inner_rx(PHY_VARS_gNB *gNB,
                           rel15_ul->qam_mod_order);
 }
 
+typedef struct puschSymbolProc_s {
+  PHY_VARS_gNB *gNB;
+  NR_DL_FRAME_PARMS *frame_parms;
+  nfapi_nr_pusch_pdu_t *rel15_ul;
+  int ulsch_id;
+  int slot;
+  int startSymbol;
+  int numSymbols;
+  int16_t *llr;
+  int16_t **llr_layers;
+  int16_t *scramblingSequence;
+  uint32_t nvar;
+} puschSymbolProc_t;
+
 static void nr_pusch_symbol_processing(void *arg)
 {
   puschSymbolProc_t *rdata=(puschSymbolProc_t*)arg;
@@ -1438,8 +1452,10 @@ static void nr_pusch_symbol_processing(void *arg)
     }
     // unscrambling
     int16_t *llr16 = (int16_t*)&rdata->llr[pusch_vars->llr_offset[symbol] * rel15_ul->nrOfLayers];
-    for (int i = 0; i < (nb_re_pusch * rel15_ul->qam_mod_order * rel15_ul->nrOfLayers); i++) 
-      llr16[i] = llr_ptr[i] * rdata->s[i];
+    int16_t *s = rdata->scramblingSequence + pusch_vars->llr_offset[symbol] * rel15_ul->nrOfLayers;
+    const int end = nb_re_pusch * rel15_ul->qam_mod_order * rel15_ul->nrOfLayers;
+    for (int i = 0; i < end; i++)
+      llr16[i] = llr_ptr[i] * s[i];
   }
 }
 
@@ -1455,7 +1471,7 @@ int nr_rx_pusch_tp(PHY_VARS_gNB *gNB,
 
   NR_gNB_PUSCH *pusch_vars = &gNB->pusch_vars[ulsch_id];
   pusch_vars->dmrs_symbol = INVALID_VALUE;
-  gNB->nbSymb = 0;
+  int nbSymb = 0;
   uint32_t bwp_start_subcarrier = ((rel15_ul->rb_start + rel15_ul->bwp_start) * NR_NB_SC_PER_RB + frame_parms->first_carrier_offset) % frame_parms->ofdm_symbol_size;
   LOG_D(PHY,"pusch %d.%d : bwp_start_subcarrier %d, rb_start %d, first_carrier_offset %d\n", frame,slot,bwp_start_subcarrier, rel15_ul->rb_start, frame_parms->first_carrier_offset);
   LOG_D(PHY,"pusch %d.%d : ul_dmrs_symb_pos %x\n",frame,slot,rel15_ul->ul_dmrs_symb_pos);
@@ -1571,9 +1587,9 @@ int nr_rx_pusch_tp(PHY_VARS_gNB *gNB,
   gNB->ulsch[ulsch_id].unav_res = unav_res;
 
   // initialize scrambling sequence //
-  int16_t s[G+96] __attribute__((aligned(32)));
+  int16_t scramblingSequence[G + 96] __attribute__((aligned(32)));
 
-  nr_codeword_unscrambling_init(s, G, 0, rel15_ul->data_scrambling_id, rel15_ul->rnti); 
+  nr_codeword_unscrambling_init(scramblingSequence, G, 0, rel15_ul->data_scrambling_id, rel15_ul->rnti);
 
   // first the computation of channel levels
 
@@ -1674,23 +1690,23 @@ int nr_rx_pusch_tp(PHY_VARS_gNB *gNB,
       rdata->ulsch_id = ulsch_id;
       rdata->llr = pusch_vars->llr;
       rdata->llr_layers = pusch_vars->llr_layers;
-      rdata->s   = &s[pusch_vars->llr_offset[symbol]*rel15_ul->nrOfLayers];
+      rdata->scramblingSequence = scramblingSequence;
       rdata->nvar = nvar;
 
       if (rel15_ul->pdu_bit_map & PUSCH_PDU_BITMAP_PUSCH_PTRS) {
         nr_pusch_symbol_processing(rdata);
       } else {
         pushTpool(&gNB->threadPool, req);
-        gNB->nbSymb++;
+        nbSymb++;
       }
 
-      LOG_D(PHY,"%d.%d Added symbol %d (count %d) to process, in pipe\n",frame,slot,symbol,gNB->nbSymb);
+      LOG_D(PHY, "%d.%d Added symbol %d (count %d) to process, in pipe\n", frame, slot, symbol, nbSymb);
     }
   } // symbol loop
 
-  while (gNB->nbSymb > 0) {
+  while (nbSymb) {
     notifiedFIFO_elt_t *req = pullTpool(&gNB->respPuschSymb, &gNB->threadPool);
-    gNB->nbSymb--;
+    nbSymb--;
     delNotifiedFIFO_elt(req);
   }
 
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/defs_gNB.h b/openair1/PHY/defs_gNB.h
index c31a5e007e..20413098bd 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/defs_gNB.h
+++ b/openair1/PHY/defs_gNB.h
@@ -716,7 +716,6 @@ typedef struct PHY_VARS_gNB_s {
   notifiedFIFO_t L1_rx_out;
   notifiedFIFO_t resp_RU_tx;
   tpool_t threadPool;
-  int nbSymb;
   int num_pusch_symbols_per_thread;
   pthread_t L1_rx_thread;
   int L1_rx_thread_core;
@@ -728,20 +727,6 @@ typedef struct PHY_VARS_gNB_s {
   rt_L1_profiling_t rt_L1_profiling; 
 } PHY_VARS_gNB;
 
-typedef struct puschSymbolProc_s {
-  PHY_VARS_gNB *gNB;
-  NR_DL_FRAME_PARMS *frame_parms;
-  nfapi_nr_pusch_pdu_t *rel15_ul;
-  int ulsch_id;
-  int slot;
-  int startSymbol;
-  int numSymbols;
-  int16_t *llr;
-  int16_t **llr_layers;
-  int16_t *s;
-  uint32_t nvar;
-} puschSymbolProc_t;
-
 struct puschSymbolReqId {
   uint16_t ulsch_id;
   uint16_t frame;