diff --git a/openair1/PHY/INIT/init_top.c b/openair1/PHY/INIT/init_top.c
index 5f1b764335..698f34833d 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/INIT/init_top.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/INIT/init_top.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ void init_lte_top(LTE_DL_FRAME_PARMS *frame_parms) {
   ccodelte_init_inv();
   phy_generate_viterbi_tables_lte();
   load_codinglib();
-  lte_sync_time_init(frame_parms);
   generate_ul_ref_sigs();
   generate_ul_ref_sigs_rx();
   generate_64qam_table();
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ void init_lte_top(LTE_DL_FRAME_PARMS *frame_parms) {
 
 void free_lte_top(void) {
   free_codinglib();
-  lte_sync_time_free();
   /* free_ul_ref_sigs() is called in phy_free_lte_eNB() */
 }
 
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/INIT/lte_init_ue.c b/openair1/PHY/INIT/lte_init_ue.c
index 838590079b..2edbd611c2 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/INIT/lte_init_ue.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/INIT/lte_init_ue.c
@@ -661,11 +661,11 @@ int init_lte_ue_signal(PHY_VARS_UE *ue,
 
 
 
-
+  ini_dfts();
   init_frame_parms(&ue->frame_parms,1);
+  lte_sync_time_init(frame_parms);
   init_lte_top(&ue->frame_parms);
   init_7_5KHz();
-  init_dfts();
   init_ul_hopping(&ue->frame_parms);