diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 89f4a28754b9cb65f2323474f1e80cc67f414471..abd3db83424efd09e89e68c6060916bb97584a7f 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 
 
 /* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
-
+#define BE_FIX_832_ASAN_ERROR_EFAP_OSBA                       /* FhG: issue #832: fix ASAN error caused by re-allocating EFAP memories in OSBA*/
 
 /* #################### Start NON-BE switches ############################ */
 /* any switch which is non-be wrt selection floating point code */
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_ism_renderer.c b/lib_dec/ivas_ism_renderer.c
index 7730465fc2ff55ff7af41e9840d637a638d4e680..33c5c7183a3a5eaa29e21eceb14372d02b92a429 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_ism_renderer.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_ism_renderer.c
@@ -67,8 +67,11 @@ ivas_error ivas_ism_renderer_open(
     {
         return ( IVAS_ERROR( IVAS_ERR_FAILED_ALLOC, "Can not allocate memory for ISM renderer\n" ) );
     }
-
+#ifdef BE_FIX_832_ASAN_ERROR_EFAP_OSBA
+    if ( st_ivas->hIntSetup.is_loudspeaker_setup && st_ivas->hIntSetup.ls_azimuth != NULL && st_ivas->hIntSetup.ls_elevation != NULL && st_ivas->hEFAPdata == NULL )
+#else
     if ( st_ivas->hIntSetup.is_loudspeaker_setup && st_ivas->hIntSetup.ls_azimuth != NULL && st_ivas->hIntSetup.ls_elevation != NULL )
+#endif
     {
         if ( ( error = efap_init_data( &( st_ivas->hEFAPdata ), st_ivas->hIntSetup.ls_azimuth, st_ivas->hIntSetup.ls_elevation, st_ivas->hIntSetup.nchan_out_woLFE, EFAP_MODE_EFAP ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )
         {