diff --git a/src/osmo-bsc/bts_vty.c b/src/osmo-bsc/bts_vty.c
index 30f9c72e8..0ecb6d6ab 100644
--- a/src/osmo-bsc/bts_vty.c
+++ b/src/osmo-bsc/bts_vty.c
@@ -2127,10 +2127,6 @@ DEFUN_USRATTR(cfg_bts_si2quater_uarfcn_add,
 		vty_out(vty, "%% Warning: not enough space in SI2quater for a given UARFCN (%u, %u)%s",
 			arfcn, scramble, VTY_NEWLINE);
 		return CMD_WARNING;
-	case -EADDRINUSE:
-		vty_out(vty, "%% Unable to add UARFCN: (%u, %u) is already added%s",
-			arfcn, scramble, VTY_NEWLINE);
-		return CMD_WARNING;
 	}
 
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/src/osmo-bsc/system_information.c b/src/osmo-bsc/system_information.c
index c6928d606..58f732c93 100644
--- a/src/osmo-bsc/system_information.c
+++ b/src/osmo-bsc/system_information.c
@@ -302,8 +302,13 @@ int bts_uarfcn_add(struct gsm_bts *bts, uint16_t arfcn, uint16_t scramble, bool
 		*ual = bts->si_common.data.uarfcn_list,
 		*scl = bts->si_common.data.scramble_list;
 
-	if (pos >= 0)
-		return -EADDRINUSE;
+	if (pos >= 0) {
+		LOGP(DRR, LOGL_NOTICE,
+		     "EARFCN (%u, %u) is already in the list, modifying\n",
+		     arfcn, scramble);
+		scl[pos] = scr;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (len == MAX_EARFCN_LIST)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/tests/si2quater_neighbor_list.vty b/tests/si2quater_neighbor_list.vty
index dbb8d2a63..ea353f254 100644
--- a/tests/si2quater_neighbor_list.vty
+++ b/tests/si2quater_neighbor_list.vty
@@ -148,11 +148,16 @@ OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# show running-config
 ... !si2quater neighbor-list
 
 
-OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# ### Adding duplicate UARFCN is not allowed
+OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# ### UARFCN add command: UARFCN already exists
 OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# si2quater neighbor-list add uarfcn 111 511 1
-% Unable to add UARFCN: (111, 511) is already added
 OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# si2quater neighbor-list add uarfcn 111 511 0
-% Unable to add UARFCN: (111, 511) is already added
+OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# show running-config
+...
+ bts 0
+... !si2quater neighbor-list
+  si2quater neighbor-list add uarfcn 111 511 0
+  si2quater neighbor-list add uarfcn 111 211 1
+... !si2quater neighbor-list
 
 
 OsmoBSC(config-net-bts)# ### FIXME: UARFCN 0 cannot be added