A method for controlling an uplink connection of an idle UE in a wireless communication system is disclosed. In a method for performing a random access procedure by an idle-mode user equipment (UE) which desires to receive a specific broadcast/multicast service in a wireless communication system, the method includes, receiving a first message transmitted from a network, so as to count the number of UEs which desire to receive the broadcast/multicast service, transmitting a preamble for a random access to the network, receiving a second message including uplink (UL) radio resource allocation information from the network in response to the preamble, transmitting a third message selected according to a connection indication information contained in the first or second message to the network using the uplink (UL) radio resource allocation information, wherein the connection indication information indicates whether a connection to the network is required or not, and receiving a contention resolution message from the network.