diff --git a/srsgnb/hdr/stack/rrc/rrc_nr.h b/srsgnb/hdr/stack/rrc/rrc_nr.h
index eac2f93f8..a82e5fb16 100644
--- a/srsgnb/hdr/stack/rrc/rrc_nr.h
+++ b/srsgnb/hdr/stack/rrc/rrc_nr.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public:
   void rem_user(uint16_t rnti);
   int  update_user(uint16_t new_rnti, uint16_t old_rnti) final;
   void set_activity_user(uint16_t rnti) final;
+  int  rrc_release(uint16_t rnti);
 
   // RLC interface
   // TODO
diff --git a/srsgnb/src/stack/rrc/rrc_nr.cc b/srsgnb/src/stack/rrc/rrc_nr.cc
index fff08d71f..fdb97a6bb 100644
--- a/srsgnb/src/stack/rrc/rrc_nr.cc
+++ b/srsgnb/src/stack/rrc/rrc_nr.cc
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ void rrc_nr::rem_user(uint16_t rnti)
   }
 }
 
+/// This function is called when the INACTIVITY TIMER FOR
+int rrc_nr::rrc_release(uint16_t rnti)
+{
+  // TODO: we do not have yet a defined procedure to handle this
+  return SRSRAN_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 /* Function called by MAC after the reception of a C-RNTI CE indicating that the UE still has a
  * valid RNTI.
  */
diff --git a/srsgnb/src/stack/rrc/rrc_nr_ue.cc b/srsgnb/src/stack/rrc/rrc_nr_ue.cc
index 00a25860e..a4c15a4a2 100644
--- a/srsgnb/src/stack/rrc/rrc_nr_ue.cc
+++ b/srsgnb/src/stack/rrc/rrc_nr_ue.cc
@@ -92,10 +92,16 @@ void rrc_nr::ue::activity_timer_expired(const activity_timeout_type_t type)
 
   switch (type) {
     case MSG5_RX_TIMEOUT:
-    case UE_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT:
+    case UE_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT: {
       state = rrc_nr_state_t::RRC_INACTIVE;
-      parent->rrc_eutra->sgnb_inactivity_timeout(eutra_rnti);
+      if (parent->cfg.is_standalone) {
+        // TODO: This procedure needs to be defined
+        parent->rrc_release(rnti);
+      } else {
+        parent->rrc_eutra->sgnb_inactivity_timeout(eutra_rnti);
+      }
       break;
+    }
     case MSG3_RX_TIMEOUT: {
       // MSG3 timeout, no need to notify NGAP or LTE stack. Just remove UE
       state                = rrc_nr_state_t::RRC_IDLE;