diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 5cd0bccf7ac6dc02863312d0578024d887c9cc10..3b1434ddd9480f7f801fbb1d4f74d302365c4b1f 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -172,9 +172,10 @@
 #define BE_FIX_832_ASAN_ERROR_EFAP_OSBA                       /* FhG: issue #832: fix ASAN error caused by re-allocating EFAP memories in OSBA*/
 #define NONBE_FIX_819_DOUBLE_PREC_COMB_FORMATS                /* VA: issue 820: Double precision arithmetic in combined formats */
 #define NONBE_FIX_849_OMASA_BFI_CRASH                         /* VA: issue 849: fix OMASA 2TC and FEC crashes */
+
 #define NONBE_UNIFIED_DECODING_PATHS                          /* FhG: unify decoding paths   */
 #define NONBE_FIX_861_MASA_CRASH_STEREO_SWITCHING             /* VA: issue 861: fix MASA 2TC crash when switching from MDCT stereo to TD/DFT stereo */
-
+#define BE_FIX_867_PARAMC_RECONFIG                            /* FhG: issue #867: fix ParamMC CLDFB buffer dealloc when reconfiguring */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec.c
index d6e7ade6fabbac6acb7687fc5ef115a2ad85cfe1..d11e846a84b62ecb5c865ea5bdf8483e0652c747 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec.c
@@ -989,11 +989,19 @@ ivas_error ivas_param_mc_dec_reconfig(
                 hParamMC->Cldfb_RealBuffer_tc = NULL;
             }
 
+#ifdef BE_FIX_867_PARAMC_RECONFIG
+            if ( hParamMC->Cldfb_ImagBuffer_tc != NULL )
+            {
+                free( hParamMC->Cldfb_ImagBuffer_tc );
+                hParamMC->Cldfb_ImagBuffer_tc = NULL;
+            }
+#else
             if ( hParamMC->Cldfb_RealBuffer_tc != NULL )
             {
                 free( hParamMC->Cldfb_RealBuffer_tc );
                 hParamMC->Cldfb_RealBuffer_tc = NULL;
             }
+#endif
 
             n_cldfb_slots = DEFAULT_JBM_CLDFB_TIMESLOTS;
             if ( st_ivas->hDecoderConfig->Opt_tsm )
@@ -1019,12 +1027,19 @@ ivas_error ivas_param_mc_dec_reconfig(
                 free( hParamMC->Cldfb_RealBuffer_tc );
                 hParamMC->Cldfb_RealBuffer_tc = NULL;
             }
-
+#ifdef BE_FIX_867_PARAMC_RECONFIG
+            if ( hParamMC->Cldfb_ImagBuffer_tc != NULL )
+            {
+                free( hParamMC->Cldfb_ImagBuffer_tc );
+                hParamMC->Cldfb_ImagBuffer_tc = NULL;
+            }
+#else
             if ( hParamMC->Cldfb_RealBuffer_tc != NULL )
             {
                 free( hParamMC->Cldfb_RealBuffer_tc );
                 hParamMC->Cldfb_RealBuffer_tc = NULL;
             }
+#endif
         }
     }
 #endif