diff --git a/openair-cn/UTILS/mme_config.c b/openair-cn/UTILS/mme_config.c
index 743b7daf0c1016cf4b8d35e2ba0f2542cfb79657..66cdac381c24323ded0f664cad30cae963797a13 100644
--- a/openair-cn/UTILS/mme_config.c
+++ b/openair-cn/UTILS/mme_config.c
@@ -144,11 +144,14 @@ void mme_config_init(mme_config_t *mme_config_p)
   mme_config_p->gummei.nb_plmns   = 1;
   mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_mcc   = calloc(1, sizeof(*mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_mcc));
   mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_mnc   = calloc(1, sizeof(*mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_mnc));
+  mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_mnc_len   = calloc(1, sizeof(*mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_mnc_len));
   mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_tac   = calloc(1, sizeof(*mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_tac));
 
-  mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_mcc[0] = PLMN_MCC;
-  mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_mnc[0] = PLMN_MNC;
-  mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_tac[0] = PLMN_TAC;
+
+  mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_mcc[0]     = PLMN_MCC;
+  mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_mnc[0]     = PLMN_MNC;
+  mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_mnc_len[0] = PLMN_MNC_LEN;
+  mme_config_p->gummei.plmn_tac[0]     = PLMN_TAC;
 
   mme_config_p->s1ap_config.outcome_drop_timer_sec = S1AP_OUTCOME_TIMER_DEFAULT;
 }
diff --git a/openair-cn/UTILS/mme_default_values.h b/openair-cn/UTILS/mme_default_values.h
index f32bc1d9ecb07a2999db7d5c6f9a1e92cc97436c..547d0f2f7dc944767dff85c3578dd05357df8744 100644
--- a/openair-cn/UTILS/mme_default_values.h
+++ b/openair-cn/UTILS/mme_default_values.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #define MMEGID                  (0)
 #define PLMN_MCC                (208)
 #define PLMN_MNC                (34)
+#define PLMN_MNC_LEN            (2)
 #define PLMN_TAC                (0)
 
 #define RELATIVE_CAPACITY       (15)