diff --git a/lib_com/delay_comp.c b/lib_com/delay_comp.c
index a957150b936957da3f6919c6ee17e893508433c5..dddc100f5830588a579307aef67ea20c97cec3d4 100644
--- a/lib_com/delay_comp.c
+++ b/lib_com/delay_comp.c
@@ -50,8 +50,12 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 /*! r: delay value in ns */
+#ifdef FIX_GET_DELAY_RETURN
+int32_t get_delay(
+#else
 float get_delay(
-    const int16_t what_delay,         /* i  : what delay? (ENC or DEC)            */
+#endif
+    const int16_t enc_dec,            /* i  : encoder/decoder flag                */
     const int32_t io_fs,              /* i  : input/output sampling frequency     */
     const IVAS_FORMAT ivas_format,    /* i  : IVAS format                         */
     HANDLE_CLDFB_FILTER_BANK hCldfb,  /* i  : Handle of Cldfb analysis            */
@@ -59,9 +63,13 @@ float get_delay(
     const int32_t binaural_latency_ns /* i  : binaural renderer HRTF delay in ns  */
 )
 {
+#ifdef FIX_GET_DELAY_RETURN
+    int32_t delay = 0;
+#else
     float delay = 0;
+#endif
 
-    if ( what_delay == ENC )
+    if ( enc_dec == ENC )
     {
         if ( ivas_format == MONO_FORMAT ) /* EVS mono */
         {
@@ -78,7 +86,7 @@ float get_delay(
             delay += IVAS_FB_ENC_DELAY_NS;
         }
     }
-    else
+    else /* DEC */
     {
         if ( ivas_format == MONO_FORMAT ) /* EVS mono */
         {
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 83488b2b6441ecd3b318fc228f0480067d63e1f0..8a35f4f6f43c91477f71e36fa50b8837baa11669 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
 #define FIX_221_BR_SWITCH_STEREO                        /* Issue 221: Fix missing initialization when switchin from TD to MDCT stereo*/
 #define FIX_DTX_RANGE                                   /* Issue 118: fix the DTX usage: default DTX up to 64 kbps, otherwise only in silence */
 #define FIX_ISM_METADATA_READER                         /* Issue 211: make ISM metadata file reader robust against invalid files */
+#define FIX_GET_DELAY_RETURN                            /* Issue 223: change return data type in function get_delay() */
 
 
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
diff --git a/lib_com/prot.h b/lib_com/prot.h
index 657bb484c26751dc21b182c2f98168161fd40de6..57a161f225a9cf830f05d4a4e6b3224c037b70c9 100755
--- a/lib_com/prot.h
+++ b/lib_com/prot.h
@@ -712,13 +712,17 @@ int16_t lev_dur(
 );
 
 /*! r: delay value in ns */
+#ifdef FIX_GET_DELAY_RETURN
+int32_t get_delay(
+#else
 float get_delay(
-    const int16_t what_delay,         /* i  : what delay? (ENC or DEC)        */
-    const int32_t io_fs,              /* i  : input/output sampling frequency */
-    const IVAS_FORMAT ivas_format,    /* i  : IVAS format                     */
-    HANDLE_CLDFB_FILTER_BANK hCldfb,  /* i  : Handle of Cldfb analysis        */
-    RENDERER_TYPE renderer_type,      /* i  : IVAS rendering type                 */
-    const int32_t binaural_latency_ns /* i  : binaural renderer HRTF delay in ns  */
+#endif
+    const int16_t enc_dec,            /* i  : encoder/decoder flag                  */
+    const int32_t io_fs,              /* i  : input/output sampling frequency       */
+    const IVAS_FORMAT ivas_format,    /* i  : IVAS format                           */
+    HANDLE_CLDFB_FILTER_BANK hCldfb,  /* i  : Handle of Cldfb analysis              */
+    RENDERER_TYPE renderer_type,      /* i  : IVAS rendering type                   */
+    const int32_t binaural_latency_ns /* i  : binaural renderer HRTF delay in ns    */
 );
 
 void decision_matrix_enc(
diff --git a/lib_dec/lib_dec.c b/lib_dec/lib_dec.c
index d16d1f24945399b8e536242c5e1eb8365d1c749d..70e038483962294e2e4bdb89e4c62609d965e2ad 100644
--- a/lib_dec/lib_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/lib_dec.c
@@ -1055,7 +1055,11 @@ ivas_error IVAS_DEC_GetDelay(
     st_ivas = hIvasDec->st_ivas;
     hDecoderConfig = st_ivas->hDecoderConfig;
 
+#ifdef FIX_GET_DELAY_RETURN
+    *nSamples = NS2SA( hDecoderConfig->output_Fs, get_delay( DEC, hDecoderConfig->output_Fs, st_ivas->ivas_format, st_ivas->cldfbAnaDec[0], st_ivas->renderer_type, st_ivas->binaural_latency_ns ) );
+#else
     *nSamples = NS2SA( hDecoderConfig->output_Fs, (int32_t) ( get_delay( DEC, hDecoderConfig->output_Fs, st_ivas->ivas_format, st_ivas->cldfbAnaDec[0], st_ivas->renderer_type, st_ivas->binaural_latency_ns ) + 0.5f ) );
+#endif
 
     *timeScale = hDecoderConfig->output_Fs;
 
diff --git a/lib_enc/lib_enc.c b/lib_enc/lib_enc.c
index 063375ef59dbb88cda23e7085b2ac62e633d538c..b3f8dc478d3c9fd3e077233c63a1c720fa0598cc 100755
--- a/lib_enc/lib_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/lib_enc.c
@@ -963,7 +963,11 @@ ivas_error IVAS_ENC_GetDelay(
         return IVAS_ERR_UNEXPECTED_NULL_POINTER;
     }
 
+#ifdef FIX_GET_DELAY_RETURN
+    *delay = NS2SA( hEncoderConfig->input_Fs, get_delay( ENC, hEncoderConfig->input_Fs, hEncoderConfig->ivas_format, NULL, RENDERER_DISABLE, 0 ) );
+#else
     *delay = NS2SA( hEncoderConfig->input_Fs, (int32_t) ( get_delay( ENC, hEncoderConfig->input_Fs, hEncoderConfig->ivas_format, NULL, RENDERER_DISABLE, 0 ) + 0.5f ) );
+#endif
 
     *delay *= hEncoderConfig->nchan_inp;