diff --git a/openair1/PHY/INIT/nr_init.c b/openair1/PHY/INIT/nr_init.c
index 60bc63dac4..778903be91 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/INIT/nr_init.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/INIT/nr_init.c
@@ -175,8 +175,10 @@ void phy_init_nr_gNB(PHY_VARS_gNB *gNB)
 
   if (cfg->analog_beamforming_ve.analog_bf_vendor_ext.value) {
     common_vars->beam_id = (int **)malloc16(common_vars->num_beams_period * sizeof(int*));
-    for (int i = 0; i < common_vars->num_beams_period; i++)
-      common_vars->beam_id[i] = (int*)malloc16_clear(fp->symbols_per_slot * fp->slots_per_frame * sizeof(int));
+    for (int i = 0; i < common_vars->num_beams_period; i++) {
+      common_vars->beam_id[i] = (int*)malloc16(fp->symbols_per_slot * fp->slots_per_frame * sizeof(int));
+      memset(common_vars->beam_id[i], -1, fp->symbols_per_slot * fp->slots_per_frame * sizeof(int));
+    }
   }
   common_vars->txdataF = (c16_t ***)malloc16(common_vars->num_beams_period * sizeof(c16_t**));
   for (int i = 0; i < common_vars->num_beams_period; i++) {
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/INIT/nr_init_ru.c b/openair1/PHY/INIT/nr_init_ru.c
index a0766c348f..ca753938a6 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/INIT/nr_init_ru.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/INIT/nr_init_ru.c
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ void nr_phy_init_RU(RU_t *ru)
   int nb_rx_streams = ru->nb_rx * ru->num_beams_period;
   LOG_I(NR_PHY, "nb_tx_streams %d, nb_rx_streams %d, num_Beams_period %d\n", nb_tx_streams, nb_rx_streams, ru->num_beams_period);
   ru->common.beam_id = malloc16_clear(ru->num_beams_period * sizeof(int*));
-  for(int i = 0; i < ru->num_beams_period; i++)
-    ru->common.beam_id[i] = malloc16_clear(fp->symbols_per_slot * fp->slots_per_frame * sizeof(int));
+  for(int i = 0; i < ru->num_beams_period; i++) {
+    ru->common.beam_id[i] = malloc16(fp->symbols_per_slot * fp->slots_per_frame * sizeof(int));
+    memset(ru->common.beam_id[i], -1, fp->symbols_per_slot * fp->slots_per_frame * sizeof(int));
+  }
 
   if (ru->if_south <= REMOTE_IF5) { // this means REMOTE_IF5 or LOCAL_RF, so allocate memory for time-domain signals 
     // Time-domain signals