diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_ism_com.c b/lib_com/ivas_ism_com.c
index b4a058f1f4311dfe0fc1dfd1d5a0ef9ec2554f30..b959e01c6f28b364ff3625a8de7ee0fff082f326 100644
--- a/lib_com/ivas_ism_com.c
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_ism_com.c
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
 #define BETA_ISM_LOW_IMP    0.6f
 #define BETA_ISM_MEDIUM_IMP 0.8f
 
+#ifdef FIX_562_ISM2_64KBPS
+#define MAX_BRATE_TCX_32k 48000
+#endif
+
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------*
  * bitbudget_to_brate()
@@ -346,6 +350,23 @@ ivas_error ivas_ism_config(
             bits_CoreCoder[ch] = tmp;
         }
 
+#ifdef FIX_562_ISM2_64KBPS
+        /* limitaton to avoid too high bitrate in one active TCX channel */
+        if ( element_brate[0] >= SCE_CORE_16k_LOW_LIMIT && element_brate[0] <= IVAS_32k )
+        {
+            diff = 0;
+            limit_high = MAX_BRATE_TCX_32k / FRAMES_PER_SEC;
+
+            for ( ch = 0; ch < n_ISms; ch++ )
+            {
+                tmp = (int16_t) min( bits_CoreCoder[ch], limit_high );
+
+                diff += bits_CoreCoder[ch] - tmp;
+                bits_CoreCoder[ch] = tmp;
+            }
+        }
+#endif
+
         if ( diff > 0 )
         {
             ch = 0;
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 8a4dc67706ac1cc2d05a033db6463b7e226ed627..b1ac3e93fca62f6b0f431598f3b1fd45b9ef7d2e 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@
 #define FIX_564                                         /* Nokia: Issue 564: Fix gains in JBM path for SBA with parametric binaural renderer */
 #define FIX_566_2DIR_MASA_384K                          /* Nokia: Issued 566:  Bugfix in 384k MASA metadata encoding of second direction */
 
+#define FIX_562_ISM2_64KBPS                             /* VA: issue 562: fix ISM2 at 64kbps issue */
+
+
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
 /* clang-format on */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_ism_metadata_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_ism_metadata_dec.c
index eb14177b0b81d8190fbd69e09d3e9019afb056d6..e6c9951b482b8cb789c5b5de18de74bb9f0f3211 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_ism_metadata_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_ism_metadata_dec.c
@@ -542,7 +542,12 @@ ivas_error ivas_ism_metadata_dec(
             if ( ism_mode == ISM_MODE_DISC )
             {
 #ifdef FIX_532_ISM_MD_INACTIVE
+#ifdef FIX_562_ISM2_64KBPS
+                if ( ism_imp[ch] == ISM_NO_META && ( ( total_brate[ch] < ACELP_8k00 && element_brate[ch] < SCE_CORE_16k_LOW_LIMIT ) ||
+                                                     ( total_brate[ch] <= ACELP_16k_LOW_LIMIT && element_brate[ch] >= SCE_CORE_16k_LOW_LIMIT ) ) )
+#else
                 if ( ism_imp[ch] == ISM_NO_META && total_brate[ch] < ACELP_8k00 )
+#endif
 #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 27a4a3b0cbd15091a4ec0640374f6cabe02af1d6..003676c56b715f530a0f1b77df59e33cf14e1cb0 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c
@@ -636,7 +636,12 @@ ivas_error ivas_ism_metadata_enc(
         if ( ism_mode == ISM_MODE_DISC )
         {
 #ifdef FIX_532_ISM_MD_INACTIVE
+#ifdef FIX_562_ISM2_64KBPS
+            if ( ism_imp[ch] == ISM_NO_META && ( ( total_brate[ch] < ACELP_8k00 && element_brate[ch] < SCE_CORE_16k_LOW_LIMIT ) ||
+                                                 ( total_brate[ch] <= ACELP_16k_LOW_LIMIT && element_brate[ch] >= SCE_CORE_16k_LOW_LIMIT ) ) )
+#else
             if ( ism_imp[ch] == ISM_NO_META && total_brate[ch] < ACELP_8k00 )
+#endif
 #else
             if ( hIsmMeta[ch]->ism_metadata_flag == 0 && vad_flag[ch] == 0 && ism_metadata_flag_global )
 #endif