diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 63f528e346d2b209046ce3461903802b2aa107eb..e3ef72999cb664ca914f55ca5ec0411188b05959 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define FIX_383_CLEAN_UP                                /* Dlb : Clean up of unused functions */
-// #define FIX_532_ISM_MD_INACTIVE                         /* VA: issue 532: improve MD coding in ISM inactive frames */
+#define FIX_532_ISM_MD_INACTIVE                         /* VA: issue 532: improve MD coding in ISM inactive frames */
 #define FIX_547_NAN_IGF_DEC                             /* FhG: issue 547: fix possible nan in IGF decoder */
 
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_ism_metadata_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_ism_metadata_dec.c
index 0f54c699d6f737b44ec4cbe3ed758eb89618504a..30f6c7442c2569d2682ec7a756be234ae9078571 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_ism_metadata_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_ism_metadata_dec.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ ivas_error ivas_ism_metadata_dec(
             if ( ism_mode == ISM_MODE_DISC )
             {
 #ifdef FIX_532_ISM_MD_INACTIVE
-                if ( ism_imp[ch] == ISM_NO_META )
+                if ( ism_imp[ch] == ISM_NO_META && total_brate[ch] < ACELP_8k00 )
 #else
                 if ( hIsmMeta[ch]->ism_metadata_flag == 0 && localVAD[ch] == 0 && ism_metadata_flag_global )
 #endif
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c
index 518ba3353a7474428b8190292fa26e0bcdafd4fc..27a4a3b0cbd15091a4ec0640374f6cabe02af1d6 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ ivas_error ivas_ism_metadata_enc(
         if ( ism_mode == ISM_MODE_DISC )
         {
 #ifdef FIX_532_ISM_MD_INACTIVE
-            if ( ism_imp[ch] == ISM_NO_META )
+            if ( ism_imp[ch] == ISM_NO_META && total_brate[ch] < ACELP_8k00 )
 #else
             if ( hIsmMeta[ch]->ism_metadata_flag == 0 && vad_flag[ch] == 0 && ism_metadata_flag_global )
 #endif