diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_stereo_td_bit_alloc.c b/lib_com/ivas_stereo_td_bit_alloc.c
index 5dfb2b0e3dde29fbb244db559db978d5abfd16b6..22de0bd41a2d4b16eec15382c5cf4c46b0efbe28 100644
--- a/lib_com/ivas_stereo_td_bit_alloc.c
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_stereo_td_bit_alloc.c
@@ -419,18 +419,27 @@ void tdm_bit_alloc(
             }
             *total_brate_sec += ( fast_FCB_rates_2sfr[idx] - tmp_rate );
         }
+#ifndef NONBE_FIX_751_MASA_TD_BITRATE_CHECK
         /* prevent 2.4 kb/s and 2.8 kb/s as they are reserved bitrates for DTX and VBR */
         if ( *total_brate_sec == PPP_NELP_2k80 || *total_brate_sec == SID_2k40 )
         {
             *total_brate_sec += 100;
         }
-
+#endif
         /* To prevent 13.2 kb/s for primary channel as some bitstream issues arrise with it */
         if ( element_brate_wo_meta - *total_brate_sec == ACELP_13k20 )
         {
             *total_brate_sec += 100;
         }
     }
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_751_MASA_TD_BITRATE_CHECK
+    /* prevent 2.4 kb/s and 2.8 kb/s as they are reserved bitrates for DTX and VBR */
+    if ( *total_brate_sec == PPP_NELP_2k80 || *total_brate_sec == SID_2k40 )
+    {
+        *total_brate_sec -= 100;
+    }
+
+#endif
     *total_brate_pri = element_brate_wo_meta - *total_brate_sec;
 
     return;
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 7e314469c2e0274c4344a3a4ffb77c89fd839af9..6e0e5324b721c23ebc99e2ef2cb2bd113611987c 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
 /* any switch which is non-be wrt selection floating point code */
 /* all switches in this category should start with "NONBE_" */
 
+#define NONBE_FIX_751_MASA_TD_BITRATE_CHECK                   /* Nokia: issue 751: prevents secondary channel to take reserved bitrate if not DTX mode */
 #define NONBE_FIX_736_FOA_BR_SWITCH                           /* FhG/Dlb : Issue 736: FOA bitrate switching decoding crashes in in ivas_spar_to_dirac */
 #define NONBE_FIX_746_NONDIEGETIC_MD                          /* Eri: Issue 746: The non-diegetic panning flag affects the encoder bitstream even if extended metadata is not enabled. Crashes the decoder.*/
 #define NONBE_FIX_729_ASAN_2ISM_ACELP                         /* VA: issue 729: fix ASAN ACELP errors with 2 ISM coding using LTV */