diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 9a99079a85175bc8df09cd6f153c70eaddeb6ac1..b7394459f34752548b29494cae0200526d0fc575 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
 #define NONBE_1211_DTX_BR_SWITCHING                     /* VA: issue 1211: fix crash in MASA DTX bitrate switching */
 #define NONBE_1217_INIT_OBJ_EDIT                        /* VA: issue 1217: do object editing only when objects metadata is available */
 #define NONBE_1217_OBJ_EDIT_FOA                         /* VA/Nokia: isse 1217: fix crash in object editing to FOA output in ParamISM */
+#define NONBE_1215_FIX_JBM_MAX_SCALING                  /* FhG: issue 1215: Fix assert hit in a specific VoIP decoder config. Caused by integer overflow in max scaling calculation. */
 
 #define NONBE_1230_DECODE_MASA_ISM_AZIMUTH_PREC_FROM_BASOP        /* Nokia: Fixes ivas_decode_masaism_metadata decision logic change due to precision difference; this is the fix in floating point */
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
diff --git a/lib_dec/jbm_jb4sb.c b/lib_dec/jbm_jb4sb.c
index 8ea0e54d822e1b0c630a02336bf62450815d33f6..8b8f467d382191ab1927157734c57519f9f88aa6 100644
--- a/lib_dec/jbm_jb4sb.c
+++ b/lib_dec/jbm_jb4sb.c
@@ -811,7 +811,15 @@ static void JB4_adaptActivePlayout(
                            ( dropRateMax - dropRateMin ) / dropGapMax +
                        dropRateMin;
                 *scale = ( 1000 - rate ) / 10;
+#ifdef NONBE_1215_FIX_JBM_MAX_SCALING
+                /* Limit max scaling to the duration of one frame. APA will not exceed this limit
+                 * anyway due to the 50% limitation of APA_MIN_SCALE and APA_MAX_SCALE. Limiting
+                 * the value to a sensible range here avoids integer overflows at later stages when
+                 * converting maxScaling from milliseconds to samples. */
+                *maxScaling = JB4_MIN( currPlayoutDelay - targetMax, 1000 / IVAS_NUM_FRAMES_PER_SEC );
+#else
                 *maxScaling = currPlayoutDelay - targetMax;
+#endif
             }
         }
     }
@@ -827,7 +835,15 @@ static void JB4_adaptActivePlayout(
              currPlayoutDelay < targetMaxStretch && currPlayoutDelay < (uint32_t) ( 110 + h->rfDelay / 4 ) )
         {
             *scale = 120;
+#ifdef NONBE_1215_FIX_JBM_MAX_SCALING
+            /* Limit max scaling to the duration of one frame. APA will not exceed this limit
+             * anyway due to the 50% limitation of APA_MIN_SCALE and APA_MAX_SCALE. Limiting
+             * the value to a sensible range here avoids integer overflows at later stages when
+             * converting maxScaling from milliseconds to samples. */
+            *maxScaling = JB4_MIN( targetMaxStretch - currPlayoutDelay, 1000 / IVAS_NUM_FRAMES_PER_SEC );
+#else
             *maxScaling = targetMaxStretch - currPlayoutDelay;
+#endif
         }
     }