diff --git a/openair-cn/NAS/COMMON/UTIL/nas_timer.c b/openair-cn/NAS/COMMON/UTIL/nas_timer.c
index f1da2d0d6c8d0a50f4656d6f2dbfe82092986297..d7c1eb9f0ec8ebf8a00af286fddf8028fb7f522b 100644
--- a/openair-cn/NAS/COMMON/UTIL/nas_timer.c
+++ b/openair-cn/NAS/COMMON/UTIL/nas_timer.c
@@ -543,7 +543,8 @@ static nas_timer_entry_t *_nas_timer_db_create_entry(
   if (te != NULL) {
     te->itv.tv_sec = sec;
     te->itv.tv_usec = 0;
-    te->tv = te->itv;
+    te->tv.tv_sec  = te->itv.tv_sec;
+    te->tv.tv_usec = te->itv.tv_usec;
     te->cb = cb;
     te->args = args;
   }