diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_dirac_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_dirac_dec.c
index 446ed23bb3b99ccd974e4ef0e4fdfd127bea4c52..b02b1144c343b7cbc93d73632ac63bc1fd600e6e 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_dirac_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_dirac_dec.c
@@ -1063,6 +1063,8 @@ ivas_error ivas_dirac_dec_config(
             hDirAC->dirac_md_buffer_length = ( MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES + DELAY_DIRAC_PARAM_DEC_SFR ) * num_slots_in_subfr;
             hDirAC->dirac_bs_md_write_idx = DELAY_DIRAC_PARAM_DEC_SFR * num_slots_in_subfr;
             hDirAC->spar_to_dirac_write_idx = DELAY_DIRAC_PARAM_DEC_SFR * num_slots_in_subfr;
+            hDirAC->dirac_read_idx = 0;
+            hDirAC->dirac_estimator_idx = 0;
             if ( ( hDirAC->azimuth = (int16_t **) malloc( hDirAC->dirac_md_buffer_length * sizeof( int16_t * ) ) ) == NULL )
             {
                 return ( IVAS_ERROR( IVAS_ERR_FAILED_ALLOC, "Can not allocate memory for DirAC\n" ) );