diff --git a/openair2/F1AP/f1ap_du_rrc_message_transfer.c b/openair2/F1AP/f1ap_du_rrc_message_transfer.c
index b5dbc1bdd4..fcfcb5b545 100644
--- a/openair2/F1AP/f1ap_du_rrc_message_transfer.c
+++ b/openair2/F1AP/f1ap_du_rrc_message_transfer.c
@@ -1295,10 +1295,8 @@ int DU_handle_DL_NR_RRC_MESSAGE_TRANSFER(instance_t       instance,
 			       rrcSetup_ies->masterCellGroup.size,0,0);
 	AssertFatal(dec_rval.code == RC_OK, "could not decode masterCellGroup\n");
 
-#if NR
-	gNB_RRC_INST *rrc = RC.nrrrc[ctxt.module_id];
-
 	// configure MAC
+	gNB_RRC_INST *rrc = RC.nrrrc[ctxt.module_id];
 	rrc_mac_config_req_gNB(ctxt.module_id,
 			       rrc->carrier.ssb_SubcarrierOffset,
 			       rrc->carrier.pdsch_AntennaPorts,
@@ -1308,6 +1306,7 @@ int DU_handle_DL_NR_RRC_MESSAGE_TRANSFER(instance_t       instance,
 			       ue_context_p->ue_context.rnti,
 			       ue_context_p->ue_context.masterCellGroup
 			       );
+
 	// rrc_rlc_config_asn1_req
 	nr_rrc_rlc_config_asn1_req(&ctxt,
 				   ue_context_p->ue_context.SRB_configList,
@@ -1316,7 +1315,6 @@ int DU_handle_DL_NR_RRC_MESSAGE_TRANSFER(instance_t       instance,
 				   NULL,
 				   NULL,
 				   NULL);
-#endif
 
       // This should be somewhere in the f1ap_cudu_ue_inst_t
       /*int macrlc_instance = 0;