diff --git a/openair2/LAYER2/NR_MAC_gNB/gNB_scheduler_bch.c b/openair2/LAYER2/NR_MAC_gNB/gNB_scheduler_bch.c
index 911fee5919..91142c3728 100644
--- a/openair2/LAYER2/NR_MAC_gNB/gNB_scheduler_bch.c
+++ b/openair2/LAYER2/NR_MAC_gNB/gNB_scheduler_bch.c
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ void schedule_control_sib1(module_id_t module_id,
     gNB_mac->sched_ctrlCommon = calloc(1,sizeof(*gNB_mac->sched_ctrlCommon));
     gNB_mac->sched_ctrlCommon->search_space = calloc(1,sizeof(*gNB_mac->sched_ctrlCommon->search_space));
     gNB_mac->sched_ctrlCommon->coreset = calloc(1,sizeof(*gNB_mac->sched_ctrlCommon->coreset));
+    gNB_mac->sched_ctrlCommon->active_bwp = calloc(1,sizeof(*gNB_mac->sched_ctrlCommon->active_bwp));
     fill_default_searchSpaceZero(gNB_mac->sched_ctrlCommon->search_space);
     fill_default_coresetZero(gNB_mac->sched_ctrlCommon->coreset,servingcellconfigcommon);
     fill_default_initialDownlinkBWP(gNB_mac->sched_ctrlCommon->active_bwp,servingcellconfigcommon);