diff --git a/openair2/RRC/LTE/L2_interface_common.c b/openair2/RRC/LTE/L2_interface_common.c
index c313ddc86beb1ef78542c0147a6aade36143ef7e..c17318d6018098c7e7e9b624c490b2bc8b99380c 100644
--- a/openair2/RRC/LTE/L2_interface_common.c
+++ b/openair2/RRC/LTE/L2_interface_common.c
@@ -108,11 +108,13 @@ rrc_data_req(
       ctxt_pP->instance,
       message_p);
     LOG_I(RRC,"sent RRC_DCCH_DATA_REQ to TASK_PDCP_ENB\n");
+#ifndef UETARGET
     /* Hack: only trigger PDCP if in CU, otherwise it is triggered by RU threads
      * Ideally, PDCP would not neet to be triggered like this but react to ITTI
      * messages automatically */
     if (NODE_IS_CU(RC.rrc[ctxt_pP->module_id]->node_type))
       pdcp_run(ctxt_pP);
+#endif
 
     return TRUE; // TODO should be changed to a CNF message later, currently RRC lite does not used the returned value anyway.