diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index a4c1336c8141bee30f2efb55841ecb86553aa470..1190d5be472911456468254054fb299344a5c9f9 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@
 #define NONBE_FIX_DISCRETE_ISM_NOISE_SEED_HANDLING            /* FhG: fix handling of common and differing noise seeds in SCEs for ISM DTX */
 #define NONBE_FIX_913_OMASA_BITBUDGET_VIOLATION               /* VA/Nok: issue 913: Resolve "Crash in OMASA encoder - DFT-Stereo bit-budget violated" */
 #define NONBE_FIX_855_JBM_FLUSH_OFFSET                        /* FhG: issue #855: add missing switch here for the code in JBM flushing                 */
+#define NONBE_FIX_926_OSBA_DECODER_CRASH_PLANAR_SBA           /* FhG: issue 926: crash in OSBA decoding with planar FOA */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
index a2eb9b08fccc1ee8b79601e793e8bfc99ecf1fb3..162525d7f931b956eafb513c28fae0c747a088ad 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
@@ -2239,7 +2239,11 @@ int16_t ivas_jbm_dec_get_num_tc_channels(
         {
             num_tc = CPE_CHANNELS;
         }
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_926_OSBA_DECODER_CRASH_PLANAR_SBA
+        if ( num_tc == 3 )
+#else
         if ( ( st_ivas->sba_planar && num_tc >= 3 ) || ( num_tc == 3 ) )
+#endif
         {
             num_tc++;
         }