diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c
index 044eebd1e649442e8db00f6e94ee98609e83477f..eb8e13c65a4cf9b17857ff1a1a92815fb991ea03 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_dec.c
@@ -179,6 +179,19 @@ ivas_error ivas_dec(
 
     if ( st_ivas->bfi && st_ivas->ini_frame == 0 )
     {
+#ifdef FIX_264_AUDIO_CHANNELS_TO_HEAP
+        for ( n = 0; n < nchan_out; n++ )
+        {
+            /* note: these are intra-frame heap memories */
+            if ( ( st_ivas->p_output_f[n] = (float *) malloc( ( 48000 / FRAMES_PER_SEC ) * sizeof( float ) ) ) == NULL )
+            {
+                return ( IVAS_ERROR( IVAS_ERR_FAILED_ALLOC, "Can not allocate memory for floating-point output audio buffer!\n" ) );
+            }
+            output[n] = st_ivas->p_output_f[n];
+            p_output[n] = output[n];
+        }
+#endif
+
         /* zero output when first frame(s) is lost */
         for ( n = 0; n < nchan_out; n++ )
         {
@@ -1255,6 +1268,18 @@ ivas_error ivas_dec(
     st_ivas->last_ivas_format = st_ivas->ivas_format;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef FIX_264_AUDIO_CHANNELS_TO_HEAP
+    /* in case first frame(s) was/were lost, deallocate output buffers */
+    if ( st_ivas->bfi && st_ivas->ini_frame == 0 )
+    {
+        for ( n = 0; n < nchan_out; n++ )
+        {
+            free( st_ivas->p_output_f[n] );
+            st_ivas->p_output_f[n] = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
 #ifdef DEBUG_MODE_INFO
     dbgwrite( &st_ivas->bfi, sizeof( int16_t ), 1, output_frame, "res/bfi" );
     dbgwrite( &st_ivas->BER_detect, sizeof( int16_t ), 1, output_frame, "res/BER_detect" );