diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index af3057cf381c7f4b8b9cb4676db0f472aa4ee49c..5dddf236eaf2fef2cab58d1b8f98a53e29b27029 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 #define SBA_BR_SWITCHING                                /* Issue 114: Changes for SBA bit rate switching with reconfiguration for bitrates with same number of transport channels*/
 #ifdef SBA_BR_SWITCHING
 #define SBA_BR_SWITCHING_RECONFIG                       /* Issue 114: Changes for SBA bitrate switching with reconfiguration for bitrates with different number of transport channels*/
+#define SBA_BR_SWITCHING_COMPLEXITY_FIX                 /* VA: fix complexity overhead */ 
 #endif
 #define FIX_I59_DELAY_ROUNDING                          /* Issue 59: rounding in sample domain instead of nanosec for IVAS_ENC_GetDelay() and IVAS_DEC_GetDelay() */
 #define FIX_FIX_I59                                     /* Issue 59:  small fix concerning LFE delay rounding */
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_sba_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_sba_enc.c
index eda030cebec533abec933ccddd67761c4f2439d2..7fd96ae46e544189213b62382466037473094778 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_sba_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_sba_enc.c
@@ -340,14 +340,15 @@ ivas_error ivas_sba_enc_reconfigure(
 #ifdef SBA_BR_SWITCHING
         DIRAC_ENC_HANDLE hDirAC = st_ivas->hDirAC;
         SPAR_ENC_HANDLE hSpar;
+        SBA_MODE sba_mode_old;
 #endif
         nchan_transport_old = st_ivas->nchan_transport;
         nCPE_old = st_ivas->nCPE;
         nSCE_old = st_ivas->nSCE;
 #ifdef SBA_BR_SWITCHING_RECONFIG
-        SBA_MODE sba_mode_old;
         sba_mode_old = st_ivas->sba_mode;
 #endif
+
         st_ivas->sba_analysis_order = ivas_sba_get_analysis_order( ivas_total_brate, hEncoderConfig->sba_order );
 #ifdef SBA_BR_SWITCHING
         st_ivas->sba_mode = ivas_sba_mode_select( ivas_total_brate );
@@ -399,6 +400,7 @@ ivas_error ivas_sba_enc_reconfigure(
                     hDirAC->hFbMixer = NULL;
                 }
 
+                if ( sba_mode_old == SBA_MODE_SPAR )
                 {
                     // VE: dirty patch -> reconfiguration of SPAR MD, TD_decorr, FbMixer modules should be used instead !!