diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 02e3d0df8e53062fa6dcfc4d5a60c875cbd5c4f2..ebce0e4062396c20e29e7915752d1c0a4feb61d5 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
 
 #define NONE_BE_FIX_816_LFE_PLC_FLOAT                   /* DLB: issue 816: reduce required precision to float for LFE-PLC*/
 #define NONBE_FIX_1220_OMASA_JBM_EXT_USAN                     /* Nokia: fix issue 1220 OMASA EXT JBM USAN, also fix similar cases of free to avoid future problems */
+#define NONBE_FIX_1174_MCMASA_LBR_LOOP_ERROR            /* Nokia: Fix issue 1174 by removing the unnecessary inner loop causing problems. */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc.c
index 480838848f6907a2bce6879f027239437d37c114..54d61abc559474336dca74c3b6b2be900185d170 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc.c
@@ -1777,10 +1777,14 @@ static void reduce_metadata_further(
                 /* Copy spread coherence to the rest of subframes for the coherence coding algorithm. */
                 for ( sf = 1; sf < MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES; sf++ )
                 {
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_1174_MCMASA_LBR_LOOP_ERROR
+                    hqmetadata->q_direction[0].coherence_band_data[band].spread_coherence[sf] = hqmetadata->q_direction[0].coherence_band_data[band].spread_coherence[0];
+#else
                     for ( band = 0; band < numCodingBands; band++ )
                     {
                         hqmetadata->q_direction[0].coherence_band_data[band].spread_coherence[sf] = hqmetadata->q_direction[0].coherence_band_data[band].spread_coherence[0];
                     }
+#endif
                 }
 
                 /* Surround coherence is already merged through time */