diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 8ac9057763a92d03dcaed02b0147d29305cd8a0c..c13f313a91accefce4c0e64a1838a414beb8ddf0 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -148,11 +148,11 @@
 #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_568_ISM_BITRATE_SWITCHING                   /* Philips: Issue 568: Bugfix for renderer re-initialization by ISM and bitrate switching */
 #define FIX_565_SBA_BURST_IN_FEC                        /* VA: Issue 565: Fix noise burst during FEC, due to wrong total_brate initialization */
 #define FIX_562_ISM2_64KBPS                             /* VA: issue 562: fix ISM2 at 64kbps issue */
 #define FIX_559_EXTL_IGF_MISMATCH                       /* VA: issue 559: fix mismatch between st->extl and st->igf observed as crash in PlanarSBA bitrate switching */
 
-
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
 /* clang-format on */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_ism_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_ism_dec.c
index 6da3c05e75051ff3856ac07b1aaff494d1df321e..c031ec8c4bd36f36f7cd001f840f9ebfaeffa7ff 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_ism_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_ism_dec.c
@@ -168,7 +168,11 @@ static ivas_error ivas_ism_bitrate_switching(
         /* Deallocate the ParamISM struct */
         ivas_param_ism_dec_close( &( st_ivas->hDirAC ), st_ivas->hDecoderConfig->output_config );
 
+#ifdef FIX_568_ISM_BITRATE_SWITCHING
+        if ( st_ivas->hOutSetup.output_config == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL || st_ivas->hOutSetup.output_config == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_REVERB )
+#else
         if ( st_ivas->hOutSetup.output_config == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL )
+#endif
         {
             /* close the parametric binaural renderer */
             ivas_dirac_dec_close_binaural_data( &st_ivas->hDiracDecBin );
@@ -198,7 +202,11 @@ static ivas_error ivas_ism_bitrate_switching(
             }
         }
 
+#ifdef FIX_568_ISM_BITRATE_SWITCHING
+        if ( st_ivas->hOutSetup.output_config == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_IR )
+#else
         if ( st_ivas->hOutSetup.output_config == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_IR || st_ivas->hOutSetup.output_config == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_REVERB )
+#endif
         {
             /* close the parametric binaural renderer */
             ivas_dirac_dec_close_binaural_data( &st_ivas->hDiracDecBin );
@@ -221,8 +229,11 @@ static ivas_error ivas_ism_bitrate_switching(
         {
             return error;
         }
-
+#ifdef FIX_568_ISM_BITRATE_SWITCHING
+        if ( st_ivas->hOutSetup.output_config == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL || st_ivas->hOutSetup.output_config == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_REVERB )
+#else
         if ( st_ivas->hOutSetup.output_config == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL )
+#endif
         {
             /* open the parametric binaural renderer */
             if ( ( error = ivas_dirac_dec_binaural_copy_hrtfs( &st_ivas->hHrtfParambin ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )
@@ -260,7 +271,11 @@ static ivas_error ivas_ism_bitrate_switching(
             }
         }
 
+#ifdef FIX_568_ISM_BITRATE_SWITCHING
+        if ( st_ivas->hOutSetup.output_config == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_IR )
+#else
         if ( st_ivas->hOutSetup.output_config == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_IR || st_ivas->hOutSetup.output_config == AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_REVERB )
+#endif
         {
             /* open the parametric binaural renderer */
             if ( ( error = ivas_dirac_dec_binaural_copy_hrtfs( &st_ivas->hHrtfParambin ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )