diff --git a/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_common.c b/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_common.c
index ac18f16069..552c58555b 100644
--- a/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_common.c
+++ b/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_common.c
@@ -598,21 +598,7 @@ int flexran_agent_ue_config_reply(mid_t mod_id, const void *params, Protocol__Fl
     goto error;
 
   ue_config_reply_msg->header = header;
-  ue_config_reply_msg->n_ue_config = 0;
-
-  if (flexran_agent_get_rrc_xface(mod_id))
-    ue_config_reply_msg->n_ue_config = flexran_get_rrc_num_ues(mod_id);
-  else if (flexran_agent_get_mac_xface(mod_id))
-    ue_config_reply_msg->n_ue_config = flexran_get_mac_num_ues(mod_id);
-
-  if (flexran_agent_get_rrc_xface(mod_id) && flexran_agent_get_mac_xface(mod_id)
-      && flexran_get_rrc_num_ues(mod_id) != flexran_get_mac_num_ues(mod_id)) {
-    const int nrrc = flexran_get_rrc_num_ues(mod_id);
-    const int nmac = flexran_get_mac_num_ues(mod_id);
-    ue_config_reply_msg->n_ue_config = nrrc < nmac ? nrrc : nmac;
-    LOG_E(FLEXRAN_AGENT, "%s(): different numbers of UEs in RRC (%d) and MAC (%d), reporting for %lu UEs\n",
-          __func__, nrrc, nmac, ue_config_reply_msg->n_ue_config);
-  }
+  ue_config_reply_msg->n_ue_config = flexran_agent_get_num_ues(mod_id);
 
   Protocol__FlexUeConfig **ue_config;
 
@@ -935,3 +921,24 @@ int flexran_agent_handle_ue_config_reply(mid_t mod_id, const void *params, Proto
   *msg = NULL;
   return 0;
 }
+
+int flexran_agent_get_num_ues(mid_t mod_id) {
+  const int has_rrc = flexran_agent_get_rrc_xface(mod_id) != NULL;
+  const int has_mac = flexran_agent_get_mac_xface(mod_id) != NULL;
+  DevAssert(has_rrc || has_mac);
+  if (has_rrc && !has_mac)
+    return flexran_get_rrc_num_ues(mod_id);
+  if (!has_rrc && has_mac)
+    return flexran_get_mac_num_ues(mod_id);
+
+  /* has both */
+  const int nrrc = flexran_get_rrc_num_ues(mod_id);
+  const int nmac = flexran_get_mac_num_ues(mod_id);
+  if (nrrc != nmac) {
+    const int n_ue = nrrc < nmac ? nrrc : nmac;
+    LOG_E(FLEXRAN_AGENT, "%s(): different numbers of UEs in RRC (%d) and MAC (%d), reporting for %d UEs\n",
+          __func__, nrrc, nmac, n_ue);
+    return n_ue;
+  }
+  return nrrc;
+}
diff --git a/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_common.h b/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_common.h
index 4887842fa6..fcca7d4212 100644
--- a/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_common.h
+++ b/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_common.h
@@ -179,4 +179,8 @@ int flexran_agent_handle_enb_config_reply(mid_t mod_id, const void* params, Prot
  * request message. */
 int flexran_agent_handle_ue_config_reply(mid_t mod_id, const void* params, Protocol__FlexranMessage **msg);
 
+/* Return the number of UEs in the BS of this agent across RRC/MAC. If they
+ * disagree, prints an error and returns the minimum of both. */
+int flexran_agent_get_num_ues(mid_t mod_id);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_handler.c b/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_handler.c
index e7ce0f317b..c3e9286441 100644
--- a/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_handler.c
+++ b/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_handler.c
@@ -274,21 +274,7 @@ int flexran_agent_stats_reply(mid_t enb_id,
   const uint32_t cell_flags = stats_req->complete_stats_request->cell_report_flags;
   const uint32_t ue_flags = stats_req->complete_stats_request->ue_report_flags;
 
-  /* TODO: get_number in own function */
-  int n_ue = 0;
-  if (flexran_agent_get_rrc_xface(enb_id))
-    n_ue = flexran_get_rrc_num_ues(enb_id);
-  else if (flexran_agent_get_mac_xface(enb_id))
-    n_ue = flexran_get_mac_num_ues(enb_id);
-
-  if (flexran_agent_get_rrc_xface(enb_id) && flexran_agent_get_mac_xface(enb_id)
-      && flexran_get_rrc_num_ues(enb_id) != flexran_get_mac_num_ues(enb_id)) {
-    const int nrrc = flexran_get_rrc_num_ues(enb_id);
-    const int nmac = flexran_get_mac_num_ues(enb_id);
-    n_ue = nrrc < nmac ? nrrc : nmac;
-    LOG_E(FLEXRAN_AGENT, "%s(): different numbers of UEs in RRC (%d) and MAC (%d), reporting for %d UEs\n",
-          __func__, nrrc, nmac, n_ue);
-  }
+  int n_ue = flexran_agent_get_num_ues(enb_id);
 
   rnti_t rntis[n_ue];
   if (flexran_agent_get_rrc_xface(enb_id))