diff --git a/openair2/LAYER2/nr_pdcp/nr_pdcp_entity.c b/openair2/LAYER2/nr_pdcp/nr_pdcp_entity.c
index 36fce4a944..0f587184ed 100644
--- a/openair2/LAYER2/nr_pdcp/nr_pdcp_entity.c
+++ b/openair2/LAYER2/nr_pdcp/nr_pdcp_entity.c
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ static void nr_pdcp_entity_recv_pdu(nr_pdcp_entity_t *entity,
       entity->stats.rxpdu_dd_pkts++;
       entity->stats.rxpdu_dd_bytes += size;
 
+      return;
     }
   }