diff --git a/bsc/MSC_ConnectionHandler.ttcn b/bsc/MSC_ConnectionHandler.ttcn
index 29b7783..95cdb7c 100644
--- a/bsc/MSC_ConnectionHandler.ttcn
+++ b/bsc/MSC_ConnectionHandler.ttcn
@@ -671,7 +671,8 @@
 	boolean		expect_channel_mode_modify,
 	uint3_t		expect_tsc optional,
 	BSSMAP_IE_CellIdentifier	cell_id_source,
-	boolean		expect_ho_fail
+	boolean		expect_ho_fail,
+	boolean		inter_bsc_ho_in__ho_req_in_initial_sccp_cr
 };
 
 /* Note: Do not use valueof() to get a value of this template, use
@@ -712,7 +713,8 @@
 	expect_channel_mode_modify := false,
 	expect_tsc := omit,
 	cell_id_source := valueof(ts_CellID_LAC_CI(1, 1)),
-	expect_ho_fail := false
+	expect_ho_fail := false,
+	inter_bsc_ho_in__ho_req_in_initial_sccp_cr := true
 }
 
 function f_create_chan_and_exp(template (present) PDU_BSSAP exp_l3_compl := ?)