diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 8a4dc67706ac1cc2d05a033db6463b7e226ed627..f17870ba650616ab06dc7ddde4edab1deeaa144c 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
 #define FIX_558_PLC_DISCONT                             /* FhG: issue 558: fix discontinuities in DFT Stereo when switching from TCX concealment to ACELP */
 #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_565_SBA_BURST_IN_FEC                        /* VA: Issue 565: Fix noise burst during FEC, due to wrong total_brate initialization */
 
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
 /* clang-format on */
diff --git a/lib_dec/FEC.c b/lib_dec/FEC.c
index 8118e07748b79eaa83653e8089434b48c34d907d..2a49ff3b1fe9b50f286b1c23bd734bbb39a33bcd 100644
--- a/lib_dec/FEC.c
+++ b/lib_dec/FEC.c
@@ -331,8 +331,11 @@ void FEC_exc_estim(
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------*
      * Replicate the last spectrum in case the last good frame was coded by GSC
      *-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
+#ifndef FIX_565_SBA_BURST_IN_FEC
     if ( ( st->last_coder_type == AUDIO || st->last_good == INACTIVE_CLAS ) && st->total_brate <= ACELP_24k40 && !st->Opt_AMR_WB )
+#else
+    if ( ( st->last_coder_type == AUDIO || st->last_good == INACTIVE_CLAS ) && st->total_brate <= MAX_GSC_INACTIVE_BRATE && !st->Opt_AMR_WB )
+#endif
     {
         /* Replication of the last spectrum, with a slight downscaling of its dynamic */
         st->GSC_noisy_speech = st->Last_GSC_noisy_speech_flag;
@@ -404,8 +407,11 @@ void FEC_exc_estim(
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------*
      * Total excitation
      *-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
+#ifndef FIX_565_SBA_BURST_IN_FEC
     if ( ( st->last_coder_type == AUDIO || st->last_good == INACTIVE_CLAS ) && st->total_brate <= ACELP_24k40 && !st->Opt_AMR_WB )
+#else
+    if ( ( st->last_coder_type == AUDIO || st->last_good == INACTIVE_CLAS ) && st->total_brate <= MAX_GSC_INACTIVE_BRATE && !st->Opt_AMR_WB )
+#endif
     {
         /* For GSC - the excitation is already computed */
         mvr2r( exc, exc2, st->L_frame );
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_sce_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_sce_dec.c
index 7f76bbbb3735f021b118dde384a61310db8be6cc..2e10552296ac32ad407d38cacef225c4a374cfb7 100755
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_sce_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_sce_dec.c
@@ -189,11 +189,17 @@ ivas_error ivas_sce_dec(
     {
         st->total_brate = ivas_total_brate;
     }
+#ifndef FIX_565_SBA_BURST_IN_FEC
     else if ( st_ivas->ivas_format != ISM_FORMAT ) /* note: in ISMs, total_brate[] is set in ivas_ism_config() */
     {
         st->total_brate = hSCE->element_brate - nb_bits_metadata * FRAMES_PER_SEC;
     }
-
+#else
+    else if ( !st_ivas->bfi && st_ivas->ivas_format != ISM_FORMAT ) /* note: in ISMs, total_brate[] is set in ivas_ism_config() */
+    {
+        st->total_brate = hSCE->element_brate - nb_bits_metadata * FRAMES_PER_SEC;
+    }
+#endif
     /*----------------------------------------------------------------*
      * Core codec configuration
      *----------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_spar_decoder.c b/lib_dec/ivas_spar_decoder.c
index 9d4d67393fb8716a8e3a028879298891ceab2d29..df60adb8c1fb8eecbfbd84915a2ebd5cdd2a4fc3 100755
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_spar_decoder.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_spar_decoder.c
@@ -340,8 +340,12 @@ ivas_error ivas_spar_dec(
     st0->bit_stream = bstr_meta;
     st0->next_bit_pos = 0;
     st0->bits_frame = min( MAX_BITS_METADATA, last_bit_pos + 1 );
-    st0->total_brate = hDecoderConfig->ivas_total_brate; /* to avoid BER detect */
-
+#ifdef FIX_565_SBA_BURST_IN_FEC
+    if ( !st0->bfi )
+#endif
+    {
+        st0->total_brate = hDecoderConfig->ivas_total_brate; /* to avoid BER detect */
+    }
     ivas_spar_dec_MD( st_ivas, st0 );
 
     *nb_bits_read = st0->next_bit_pos + nb_bits_read_orig;