diff --git a/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_common.c b/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_common.c
index e2780073f6..539c7f2a5c 100644
--- a/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_common.c
+++ b/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_common.c
@@ -593,9 +593,11 @@ int flexran_agent_ue_config_reply(mid_t mod_id, const void *params, Protocol__Fl
 
   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)) {
-    LOG_E(FLEXRAN_AGENT, "different numbers of UEs in RRC (%d) and MAC (%d)\n",
-        flexran_get_rrc_num_ues(mod_id), flexran_get_mac_num_ues(mod_id));
-    goto error;
+    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);
   }
 
   Protocol__FlexUeConfig **ue_config;
diff --git a/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_handler.c b/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_handler.c
index e5782b5903..9ffb1e6cec 100644
--- a/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_handler.c
+++ b/openair2/ENB_APP/flexran_agent_handler.c
@@ -250,9 +250,11 @@ int flexran_agent_handle_stats(mid_t mod_id, const void *params, Protocol__Flexr
 
       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)) {
-        LOG_E(FLEXRAN_AGENT, "different numbers of UEs in RRC (%d) and MAC (%d)\n",
-            flexran_get_rrc_num_ues(mod_id), flexran_get_mac_num_ues(mod_id));
-        goto error;
+        const int nrrc = flexran_get_rrc_num_ues(mod_id);
+        const int nmac = flexran_get_mac_num_ues(mod_id);
+        report_config.nr_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, report_config.nr_ue);
       }
       report_config.ue_report_type = malloc(sizeof(ue_report_type_t) * report_config.nr_ue);
       if (report_config.ue_report_type == NULL) {