diff --git a/openair1/PHY/LTE_TRANSPORT/dci_tools.c b/openair1/PHY/LTE_TRANSPORT/dci_tools.c
index 459d321b3ee43663beb9d8a9486d8e79458a7d59..3c6a5ded2ca98438db1190986c5aa4459248b7f8 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/LTE_TRANSPORT/dci_tools.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/LTE_TRANSPORT/dci_tools.c
@@ -2672,7 +2672,10 @@ void fill_ulsch(PHY_VARS_eNB *eNB,int UE_id,nfapi_ul_config_ulsch_pdu *ulsch_pdu
   ulsch->harq_processes[harq_pid]->first_rb                              = ulsch_pdu->ulsch_pdu_rel8.resource_block_start;
   ulsch->harq_processes[harq_pid]->nb_rb                                 = ulsch_pdu->ulsch_pdu_rel8.number_of_resource_blocks;
 
-  AssertFatal(ulsch->harq_processes[harq_pid]->nb_rb>0,"nb_rb = 0\n");
+  //AssertFatal(ulsch->harq_processes[harq_pid]->nb_rb>0,"nb_rb = 0\n");
+  if(ulsch->harq_processes[harq_pid]->nb_rb == 0){
+    LOG_E(PHY, "fill_ulsch UE_id %d nb_rb = 0\n", UE_id);
+  }
 
   ulsch->harq_processes[harq_pid]->dci_alloc                             = 1;
   ulsch->harq_processes[harq_pid]->rar_alloc                             = 0;
diff --git a/openair2/RRC/LITE/rrc_common.c b/openair2/RRC/LITE/rrc_common.c
index 682f93ccbbb11816c3506fe47e7a48bf26d7678f..8bc31da9584ac21d3f1d4b6dc76dcbef80f74a52 100644
--- a/openair2/RRC/LITE/rrc_common.c
+++ b/openair2/RRC/LITE/rrc_common.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ rrc_rx_tx(
     if (ue_to_be_removed) {
       if(ue_to_be_removed->ue_context.ul_failure_timer >= 8) {
           ue_to_be_removed->ue_context.ue_release_timer_s1 = 1;
-          ue_to_be_removed->ue_context.ue_release_timer_thres_s1 = 100;
+          ue_to_be_removed->ue_context.ue_release_timer_thres_s1 = 200;
           ue_to_be_removed->ue_context.ue_release_timer = 0;
           ue_to_be_removed->ue_context.ue_reestablishment_timer = 0;
       }