diff --git a/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_itti_messaging.c b/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_itti_messaging.c
index d2064c74c08671b215bbca98525ca9b58be91d47..9c24da73706a2331d00280371d94d6437ae1fafb 100644
--- a/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_itti_messaging.c
+++ b/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_itti_messaging.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int sctp_itti_send_init_msg_multi_cnf(task_id_t task_id, instance_t instance, in
   return itti_send_msg_to_task(task_id, instance, message_p);
 }
 
-int sctp_itti_send_new_message_ind(task_id_t task_id, uint32_t assoc_id, uint8_t *buffer,
+int sctp_itti_send_new_message_ind(task_id_t task_id, instance_t instance, uint32_t assoc_id, uint8_t *buffer,
                                    uint32_t buffer_length, uint16_t stream)
 {
   MessageDef      *message_p;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int sctp_itti_send_new_message_ind(task_id_t task_id, uint32_t assoc_id, uint8_t
   sctp_data_ind_p->buffer_length = buffer_length;
   sctp_data_ind_p->assoc_id      = assoc_id;
 
-  return itti_send_msg_to_task(task_id, INSTANCE_DEFAULT, message_p);
+  return itti_send_msg_to_task(task_id, instance, message_p);
 }
 
 int sctp_itti_send_association_resp(task_id_t task_id, instance_t instance,
diff --git a/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_itti_messaging.h b/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_itti_messaging.h
index 49d2056a3cc254975c18fe469554d50d07bd8379..b4f1a0ee692ce858ca7ca464cc08a4c8429645f8 100644
--- a/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_itti_messaging.h
+++ b/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_itti_messaging.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 int sctp_itti_send_init_msg_multi_cnf(task_id_t task_id, instance_t instance, int multi_sd);
 
-int sctp_itti_send_new_message_ind(task_id_t task_id, uint32_t assoc_id, uint8_t *buffer,
+int sctp_itti_send_new_message_ind(task_id_t task_id, instance_t instance, uint32_t assoc_id, uint8_t *buffer,
                                    uint32_t buffer_length, uint16_t stream);
 
 int sctp_itti_send_association_resp(task_id_t task_id, instance_t instance,
diff --git a/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.c b/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.c
index f323ba8c62555b8c48264cdf7bf8608a820533f4..68fa34f810d98aa2c1bf2dbf4b9a42432d106ff9 100644
--- a/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.c
+++ b/openair3/SCTP/sctp_eNB_task.c
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ sctp_eNB_read_from_socket(
                    sinfo.sinfo_assoc_id, sctp_cnx->sd, n, ntohs(addr.sin_port),
                    sinfo.sinfo_stream, ntohl(sinfo.sinfo_ppid));
 
-        sctp_itti_send_new_message_ind(sctp_cnx->task_id,
+        sctp_itti_send_new_message_ind(sctp_cnx->task_id, sctp_cnx->instance,
                                        sinfo.sinfo_assoc_id,
                                        buffer, n, sinfo.sinfo_stream);
     }