diff --git a/openair1/SCHED_NR_UE/fapi_nr_ue_l1.c b/openair1/SCHED_NR_UE/fapi_nr_ue_l1.c
index 662c9c0516..f6966b040c 100644
--- a/openair1/SCHED_NR_UE/fapi_nr_ue_l1.c
+++ b/openair1/SCHED_NR_UE/fapi_nr_ue_l1.c
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ int8_t nr_ue_scheduled_response(nr_scheduled_response_t *scheduled_response){
             dlsch0_harq->Nl=1;
             dlsch0_harq->mcs_table=dlsch_config_pdu->mcs_table;
             dlsch0_harq->harq_ack.rx_status = downlink_harq_process(dlsch0_harq, dlsch0->current_harq_pid, dlsch_config_pdu->ndi, dlsch0->rnti_type);
+            if (dlsch0_harq->status != ACTIVE) {
+              // dlsch0_harq->status not ACTIVE may be due to false retransmission. Reset the 
+              // following flag to skip PDSCH procedures in that case.
+              dlsch0->active = 0;
+            }
             dlsch0_harq->harq_ack.vDAI_DL = dlsch_config_pdu->dai;
             /* PTRS */
             dlsch0_harq->PTRSFreqDensity = dlsch_config_pdu->PTRSFreqDensity;