diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 6e0f807b0e6a64de75ec1272986c3cadd4ffe226..c237d7b25a78f6df88c5ba7e951f147fa267800d 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
 #define REMOVE_UNUSED_CODE_IVAS_DEC                     /* VA: remove unused code in ivas_jbm_dec_tc_fx() */
 #define REMOVE_CAM_FROM_IVAS                            /* VA: basop issue 210: remove obsoelte CAM code from IVAS */
 #define FIX_2344_ALIGN_PREPROC                          /* VA: basop issue 2344: Align pre_proc_ivas() between FLP and BASOP */
+#define FIX_FLOAT_1501_UNIT_VALUE_IN_OMASA              /* Nokia: Fix float issue 1501, uninitialized value in ivas_masa_combine_directions for OMASA */
 
 /* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
 
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc.c
index 1355480fd93ce16f1c5a0c797cbf0a32019536db..5efcea91f7028ff4974f14440a55b1fc79b410ab 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc.c
@@ -1232,22 +1232,29 @@ void ivas_masa_combine_directions(
         }
     }
 
-    /* Estimate the importance of having two directions instead of one */
-    for ( i = 0; i < numCodingBands; i++ )
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1501_UNIT_VALUE_IN_OMASA
+    if ( hMasa->config.numTwoDirBands > 0 )
     {
-        importance[i] = 0.0f;
-        for ( j = 0; j < numSf; j++ )
+#endif
+        /* Estimate the importance of having two directions instead of one */
+        for ( i = 0; i < numCodingBands; i++ )
         {
-            tempImportance = hMeta->directional_meta[0].energy_ratio[j][i] + hMeta->directional_meta[1].energy_ratio[j][i] - sumVecLen[j][i];
-            importance[i] += tempImportance;
+            importance[i] = 0.0f;
+            for ( j = 0; j < numSf; j++ )
+            {
+                tempImportance = hMeta->directional_meta[0].energy_ratio[j][i] + hMeta->directional_meta[1].energy_ratio[j][i] - sumVecLen[j][i];
+                importance[i] += tempImportance;
+            }
+            importance[i] /= (float) numSf;
+            importance[i] *= hMasa->data.importanceWeight[i];
         }
-        importance[i] /= (float) numSf;
-        importance[i] *= hMasa->data.importanceWeight[i];
-    }
 
-    /* Determine bands where to use two directions */
-    find_n_largest( importance, indicesOfLargest, numCodingBands, hMasa->config.numTwoDirBands );
+        /* Determine bands where to use two directions */
+        find_n_largest( importance, indicesOfLargest, numCodingBands, hMasa->config.numTwoDirBands );
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1501_UNIT_VALUE_IN_OMASA
+    }
 
+#endif
     for ( i = 0; i < numCodingBands; i++ )
     {
         hMasa->data.twoDirBands[i] = 0;