diff --git a/dash-pipeline/SAI/src/utils.h b/dash-pipeline/SAI/src/utils.h
index 211463112..e468911d8 100644
--- a/dash-pipeline/SAI/src/utils.h
+++ b/dash-pipeline/SAI/src/utils.h
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ namespace dash
         template<typename T>
             void u8listSetVal(const sai_attribute_value_t &value, T &t, int bits = -1)
             {
-                assert (0 && "NYI");
+                t->set_value(value.u8list.list, value.u8list.count);
             }
 
         template<typename T>