diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index de9b2f4d3f405ddedce60f109f4945b6a4e1a497..6bfe63675545869d26b63960f5671f6c88f9fb20 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
 #define NONBE_1122_KEEP_EVS_MODE_UNCHANGED              /* FhG: Disables fix for issue 1122 in EVS mode to keep BE tests green. This switch should be removed once the 1122 fix is added to EVS via a CR.  */
 #define FIX_FLOAT_1539_G192_FORMAT_SWITCH               /* Nokia: reintroduce format switching for g192 bitstreams */
 #define FIX_1527_CMR_BITRATE_IDX                        /* Fix for incorrect bitrate idx packed in rtp CMR E-byte */
+#define FIX_FLOAT_1560_SVD_NO_OPT_MAX_W_SIGN            /* FhG: float issue 1560: Avoid optimizing the division on the result of maxWithSign() with -funsafe-math-optimizations */ 
 
 /* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_svd_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_svd_dec.c
index 9ed74b0002fae3bff5cd0d7f9bfdd478147339cc..40997152936f7378fb490915031743d31c77bd82 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_svd_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_svd_dec.c
@@ -272,7 +272,12 @@ static int16_t BidagonalDiagonalisation(
 )
 {
     int16_t kCh, nCh, iCh, jCh, split;
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1560_SVD_NO_OPT_MAX_W_SIGN
+    volatile float c, s;
+    float f1, f2;
+#else
     float c, s, f1, f2;
+#endif
     float g = 0.0f;
     int16_t convergence, iteration, found_split;
     int16_t error = 0;
@@ -385,9 +390,14 @@ static void ApplyQRTransform(
 )
 {
     int16_t ch, split;
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1560_SVD_NO_OPT_MAX_W_SIGN
+    float d = 0.0f, g = 0.0f, r = 0.0f, x_ii = 0.0f, x_split = 0.0f, x_kk = 0.0f, aux = 0.0f;
+    volatile float mu = 0.0f, c = 1.0f, s = 1.0f;
+#else
     float d = 0.0f, g = 0.0f, r = 0.0f, x_ii = 0.0f, x_split = 0.0f, x_kk = 0.0f, mu = 0.0f, aux = 0.0f;
     float c = 1.0f;
     float s = 1.0f;
+#endif
 
     x_kk = singularValues[currentIndex];
     x_ii = singularValues[startIndex];
@@ -525,10 +535,20 @@ static void biDiagonalReductionLeft(
     float *g )
 {
     int16_t iCh, jCh;
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1560_SVD_NO_OPT_MAX_W_SIGN
+    volatile float norm_x, r;
+    volatile float f;
+    volatile float g_loc;
+#else
     float norm_x, f, r;
+#endif
 
     /* Setting values to 0 */
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1560_SVD_NO_OPT_MAX_W_SIGN
+    g_loc = 0.0f;
+#else
     ( *g ) = 0.0f;
+#endif
 
     if ( currChannel < nChannelsL ) /* i <= m */
     {
@@ -541,9 +561,15 @@ static void biDiagonalReductionLeft(
 
         if ( ( norm_x ) ) /*(fabsf(*sig_x) > EPSILON * fabsf(*sig_x)) { */
         {
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1560_SVD_NO_OPT_MAX_W_SIGN
+            g_loc = -( singularVectors[currChannel][currChannel] >= 0 ? 1 : ( -1 ) ) * sqrtf( norm_x );
+            r = g_loc * singularVectors[currChannel][currChannel] - norm_x;
+            singularVectors[currChannel][currChannel] = ( singularVectors[currChannel][currChannel] - g_loc );
+#else
             ( *g ) = -( singularVectors[currChannel][currChannel] >= 0 ? 1 : ( -1 ) ) * sqrtf( norm_x );
             r = ( *g ) * singularVectors[currChannel][currChannel] - norm_x;
             singularVectors[currChannel][currChannel] = ( singularVectors[currChannel][currChannel] - ( *g ) );
+#endif
 
             for ( iCh = currChannel + 1; iCh < nChannelsC; iCh++ ) /* nChannelsC */
             {
@@ -564,6 +590,10 @@ static void biDiagonalReductionLeft(
         }
     }
 
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1560_SVD_NO_OPT_MAX_W_SIGN
+    *g = g_loc;
+#endif
+
     return;
 }
 
@@ -582,10 +612,19 @@ static void biDiagonalReductionRight(
     float *g )
 {
     int16_t iCh, jCh, idx;
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1560_SVD_NO_OPT_MAX_W_SIGN
+    volatile float norm_x, r;
+    volatile float g_loc;
+#else
     float norm_x, r;
+#endif
 
     /* Setting values to 0 */
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1560_SVD_NO_OPT_MAX_W_SIGN
+    g_loc = 0.0f;
+#else
     ( *g ) = 0.0f;
+#endif
 
     if ( currChannel < nChannelsL && currChannel != ( nChannelsC - 1 ) ) /* i <=m && i !=n */
     {
@@ -600,9 +639,15 @@ static void biDiagonalReductionRight(
 
         if ( norm_x ) /*(fabsf(*sig_x) > EPSILON * fabsf(*sig_x)) { */
         {
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1560_SVD_NO_OPT_MAX_W_SIGN
+            g_loc = -( singularVectors[currChannel][idx] >= 0 ? 1 : ( -1 ) ) * sqrtf( norm_x );
+            r = g_loc * singularVectors[currChannel][idx] - norm_x;
+            singularVectors[currChannel][idx] = ( singularVectors[currChannel][idx] - g_loc );
+#else
             ( *g ) = -( singularVectors[currChannel][idx] >= 0 ? 1 : ( -1 ) ) * sqrtf( norm_x );
             r = ( *g ) * singularVectors[currChannel][idx] - norm_x;
             singularVectors[currChannel][idx] = ( singularVectors[currChannel][idx] - ( *g ) );
+#endif
 
             for ( iCh = currChannel + 1; iCh < nChannelsL; iCh++ ) /*  nChannelsL */
             {
@@ -620,6 +665,10 @@ static void biDiagonalReductionRight(
         }
     }
 
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1560_SVD_NO_OPT_MAX_W_SIGN
+    *g = g_loc;
+#endif
+
     return;
 }
 
@@ -638,7 +687,12 @@ static void singularVectorsAccumulationLeft(
 {
     int16_t nCh, iCh, k;
     int16_t nChannels;
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1560_SVD_NO_OPT_MAX_W_SIGN
+    float norm_y;
+    volatile float t_jj, t_ii;
+#else
     float norm_y, t_jj, t_ii;
+#endif
 
     /* Processing */
     nChannels = min( nChannelsL, nChannelsC ); /* min(nChannelsL,ChannelsC) */
@@ -706,7 +760,12 @@ static void singularVectorsAccumulationRight(
 {
     int16_t nCh, iCh, k;
     int16_t nChannels;
+#ifdef FIX_FLOAT_1560_SVD_NO_OPT_MAX_W_SIGN
+    float norm_y, t_ii;
+    volatile float ratio;
+#else
     float norm_y, t_ii, ratio;
+#endif
 
     /* Processing */
     nChannels = nChannelsC; /* nChannelsC */