diff --git a/src/osmo-bsc/bts.c b/src/osmo-bsc/bts.c
index 774384f1d..54d9cdde4 100644
--- a/src/osmo-bsc/bts.c
+++ b/src/osmo-bsc/bts.c
@@ -615,6 +615,13 @@ struct gsm_lchan *gsm_bts_get_cbch(struct gsm_bts *bts)
 int gsm_set_bts_model(struct gsm_bts *bts, struct gsm_bts_model *model)
 {
 	bts->model = model;
+
+	/* Copy hardcoded feature list from BTS model. For some BTS we support
+	 * reporting features at runtime (as of writing nanobts, OsmoBTS),
+	 * which will then replace this list. */
+	if (model)
+		memcpy(bts->_features_data, bts->model->_features_data, sizeof(bts->_features_data));
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -683,11 +690,11 @@ int gsm_set_bts_type(struct gsm_bts *bts, enum gsm_bts_type type)
 int bts_gprs_mode_is_compat(struct gsm_bts *bts, enum bts_gprs_mode mode)
 {
 	if (mode != BTS_GPRS_NONE &&
-	    !osmo_bts_has_feature(&bts->model->features, BTS_FEAT_GPRS)) {
+	    !osmo_bts_has_feature(&bts->features, BTS_FEAT_GPRS)) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (mode == BTS_GPRS_EGPRS &&
-	    !osmo_bts_has_feature(&bts->model->features, BTS_FEAT_EGPRS)) {
+	    !osmo_bts_has_feature(&bts->features, BTS_FEAT_EGPRS)) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/osmo-bsc/bts_trx_vty.c b/src/osmo-bsc/bts_trx_vty.c
index 39584a5c1..27bba2cae 100644
--- a/src/osmo-bsc/bts_trx_vty.c
+++ b/src/osmo-bsc/bts_trx_vty.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ DEFUN_USRATTR(cfg_ts_tsc,
 {
 	struct gsm_bts_trx_ts *ts = vty->index;
 
-	if (!osmo_bts_has_feature(&ts->trx->bts->model->features, BTS_FEAT_MULTI_TSC)) {
+	if (!osmo_bts_has_feature(&ts->trx->bts->features, BTS_FEAT_MULTI_TSC)) {
 		vty_out(vty, "%% This BTS does not support a TSC != BCC, "
 			"falling back to BCC%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
 		ts->tsc = -1;
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ DEFUN_USRATTR(cfg_ts_hopping,
 	struct gsm_bts_trx_ts *ts = vty->index;
 	int enabled = atoi(argv[0]);
 
-	if (enabled && !osmo_bts_has_feature(&ts->trx->bts->model->features, BTS_FEAT_HOPPING)) {
+	if (enabled && !osmo_bts_has_feature(&ts->trx->bts->features, BTS_FEAT_HOPPING)) {
 		vty_out(vty, "%% BTS model does not seem to support freq. hopping%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
 		/* Allow enabling frequency hopping anyway, because the BTS might not have
 		 * connected yet (thus not sent the feature vector), so we cannot know for
diff --git a/src/osmo-bsc/system_information.c b/src/osmo-bsc/system_information.c
index 187678df5..48f745359 100644
--- a/src/osmo-bsc/system_information.c
+++ b/src/osmo-bsc/system_information.c
@@ -1270,8 +1270,7 @@ static int generate_si13(enum osmo_sysinfo_type t, struct gsm_bts *bts)
 
 	si13_info.cell_opts.ext_info.ccn_active = bts->gprs.ccn.forced_vty ?
 						  bts->gprs.ccn.active :
-						  osmo_bts_has_feature(&bts->model->features,
-								       BTS_FEAT_CCN);
+						  osmo_bts_has_feature(&bts->features, BTS_FEAT_CCN);
 
 	ret = osmo_gsm48_rest_octets_si13_encode(si13->rest_octets, &si13_info);
 	if (ret < 0)