diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 5d75836d13e70be44851b450b65c68de1ee019eb..ea9a483ead8a4b4113a6bb986b6ac114d3f49ca2
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
 #define FIX_572_LFE_LPF_ENC                             /* FhG: issue 572: always apply the low pass filter to the LFE channel */
 
 #define FIX_QMETA_SID_5k2                               /* Nokia: Issue 137: enable using full 5.2k bitrate in MASA SID */
+#define FIX_UNCLR_ISSUE                                 /* VoiceAge: issue 574: Fix UNCLR mis-classifications in noisy speech stereo */
 
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
 /* clang-format on */
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_classifier.c b/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_classifier.c
index d4d0b310b67e228da0bf9f526929fb64be8e7ec9..eb0c054cd3500111c097736dd65a0f2664a2338c 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_classifier.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_classifier.c
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ int16_t select_stereo_mode(
 
     /* set binary flag indicating LRTD mode based on unclr/xtalk classifiers' decisions */
     hStereoClassif->prev_lrtd_mode = hStereoClassif->lrtd_mode;
+#ifdef FIX_UNCLR_ISSUE
+    hStereoClassif->unclr_decision = ( hStereoClassif->unclr_decision && hCPE->hCoreCoder[0]->flag_noisy_speech_snr == 0 &&
+                                       hCPE->element_brate > IVAS_16k4 );
+#endif
     hStereoClassif->lrtd_mode = ( ( hStereoClassif->unclr_decision | hStereoClassif->xtalk_decision ) && is_speech );
 
     stereo_switching_flag = 1;