diff --git a/openair2/ENB_APP/enb_config.c b/openair2/ENB_APP/enb_config.c
index fcf444a278391e59da3c3704f3fe67c1b6a5c9d5..dc925da8eb7243fc3e71123a5d778c5fe60bd186 100755
--- a/openair2/ENB_APP/enb_config.c
+++ b/openair2/ENB_APP/enb_config.c
@@ -2579,18 +2579,27 @@ int RCconfig_RRC(MessageDef *msg_p, uint32_t i, eNB_RRC_INST *rrc) {
                 }
 
                 system_info_value_tag_SI_list = config_setting_get_member(setting_br13, ENB_CONFIG_STRING_SYSTEM_INFO_VALUE_TAG_LIST);
-                int num_system_info = config_setting_length(system_info_value_tag_SI_list);
-                RRC_CONFIGURATION_REQ (msg_p).system_info_value_tag_SI_size[j] = num_system_info;
-
-                for (sys_info_idx = 0; sys_info_idx < num_system_info; ++sys_info_idx)
+                int num_system_info;
+                if (system_info_value_tag_SI_list != NULL)
                 {
-                  system_info_value_tag_SI = config_setting_get_elem(system_info_value_tag_SI_list, sys_info_idx);
-                  if ( !(config_setting_lookup_int(system_info_value_tag_SI, ENB_CONFIG_STRING_SYSTEM_INFO_VALUE_TAG_SI_R13, &systemInfoValueTagSi_r13)) )
-                  {
-                    AssertFatal (0, "Failed to parse eNB configuration file %s, system info value tag %d!\n", RC.config_file_name, nb_cc++);
-                  }
-                  RRC_CONFIGURATION_REQ (msg_p).systemInfoValueTagSi_r13[j][sys_info_idx] = systemInfoValueTagSi_r13;
+                    num_system_info = config_setting_length(system_info_value_tag_SI_list);
+                    for (sys_info_idx = 0; sys_info_idx < num_system_info; ++sys_info_idx)
+                    {
+                        system_info_value_tag_SI = config_setting_get_elem(system_info_value_tag_SI_list, sys_info_idx);
+                        if ( !(config_setting_lookup_int(system_info_value_tag_SI, ENB_CONFIG_STRING_SYSTEM_INFO_VALUE_TAG_SI_R13, &systemInfoValueTagSi_r13)) )
+                        {
+                            AssertFatal (0, "Failed to parse eNB configuration file %s, system info value tag %d!\n", RC.config_file_name, nb_cc++);
+                        }
+                        RRC_CONFIGURATION_REQ (msg_p).systemInfoValueTagSi_r13[j][sys_info_idx] = systemInfoValueTagSi_r13;
+                    }
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    num_system_info = 0;
+                }
+                RRC_CONFIGURATION_REQ (msg_p).system_info_value_tag_SI_size[j] = num_system_info;
+
+
 
 
                 rach_ce_level_info_r13_list = config_setting_get_member(setting_br13, ENB_CONFIG_STRING_RACH_CE_LEVEL_INFO_LIST);
diff --git a/openair2/RRC/LITE/MESSAGES/asn1_msg.c b/openair2/RRC/LITE/MESSAGES/asn1_msg.c
index e7a7b2e88c18f23a6e73911e10a6a068ceace14b..e34e6f716203f14458aa2abb154e90f15ff6ad38 100755
--- a/openair2/RRC/LITE/MESSAGES/asn1_msg.c
+++ b/openair2/RRC/LITE/MESSAGES/asn1_msg.c
@@ -653,21 +653,29 @@ uint8_t do_SIB1(rrc_eNB_carrier_data_t *carrier,
               sib1_1310->bandwidthReducedAccessRelatedInfo_r13->si_ValidityTime_r13 = NULL;
           }
 
-          sib1_1310->bandwidthReducedAccessRelatedInfo_r13->systemInfoValueTagList_r13 = calloc(1, sizeof(SystemInfoValueTagList_r13_t));
-          SystemInfoValueTagSI_r13_t systemInfoValueTagSi_r13;
 
           int num_system_info_value_tag = configuration->system_info_value_tag_SI_size[CC_id];
-          for (index = 0; index < num_system_info_value_tag; ++index)
+          if (num_system_info_value_tag > 0)
           {
-              if (configuration->systemInfoValueTagSi_r13[CC_id][index])
+              sib1_1310->bandwidthReducedAccessRelatedInfo_r13->systemInfoValueTagList_r13 = calloc(1, sizeof(SystemInfoValueTagList_r13_t));
+              SystemInfoValueTagSI_r13_t systemInfoValueTagSi_r13;
+              for (index = 0; index < num_system_info_value_tag; ++index)
               {
-                  systemInfoValueTagSi_r13 = configuration->systemInfoValueTagSi_r13[CC_id][index];
+                  if (configuration->systemInfoValueTagSi_r13[CC_id][index])
+                  {
+                      systemInfoValueTagSi_r13 = configuration->systemInfoValueTagSi_r13[CC_id][index];
+                  }
+                  else
+                  {
+                      systemInfoValueTagSi_r13 = 0;
+                  }
+                  ASN_SEQUENCE_ADD(&sib1_1310->bandwidthReducedAccessRelatedInfo_r13->systemInfoValueTagList_r13->list, &systemInfoValueTagSi_r13);
               }
-              else
-              {
-                  systemInfoValueTagSi_r13 = 0;
-              }
-              ASN_SEQUENCE_ADD(&sib1_1310->bandwidthReducedAccessRelatedInfo_r13->systemInfoValueTagList_r13->list, &systemInfoValueTagSi_r13);
+
+          }
+          else
+          {
+              sib1_1310->bandwidthReducedAccessRelatedInfo_r13->systemInfoValueTagList_r13 = NULL;
           }
 
       }