diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
index 2e12b0481c815751280b087c21b1d286b3551cd1..a0d220df2abf0714b766d34a8c3d1a4e38b05493 100755
--- a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
@@ -4892,8 +4892,13 @@ void ivas_copy_band_coeffs_idx_to_arr(
 
 void ivas_clear_band_coeffs( 
     ivas_band_coeffs_t *pband_coeffs, 
+#ifdef CR_FIX_698_SBA_MSAN
     const uint16_t num_bands,
     const uint16_t num_ts
+#else
+    const uint16_t num_bands
+#endif
+
 );
 
 void ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( 
diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_spar_com_quant_util.c b/lib_com/ivas_spar_com_quant_util.c
index 7e7aa4c0842370ca7002f39b6d72922aae1c69de..863177130b74bf6fb0e86de770585110a2a80c50 100644
--- a/lib_com/ivas_spar_com_quant_util.c
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_spar_com_quant_util.c
@@ -293,13 +293,33 @@ void ivas_copy_band_coeffs_idx_to_arr(
 
 void ivas_clear_band_coeffs(
     ivas_band_coeffs_t *pband_coeffs,
+#ifdef CR_FIX_698_SBA_MSAN
     const uint16_t num_bands,
     const uint16_t num_ts )
+#else
+    const uint16_t num_bands )
+#endif
 {
+#ifdef CR_FIX_698_SBA_MSAN
     uint16_t i, j;
+#else
+    uint16_t i;
+#endif
 
+#ifdef CR_FIX_698_SBA_MSAN
     for ( j = 0; j < num_ts; j++ )
+#else
+    for ( i = 0; i < num_bands; i++ )
+#endif
     {
+#ifndef CR_FIX_698_SBA_MSAN
+        set_zero( (float *) pband_coeffs[i].C_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS ) * ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS - 1 ) );
+        set_zero( (float *) pband_coeffs[i].P_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - 1 ) );
+        set_zero( (float *) pband_coeffs[i].C_quant_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS ) * ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS - 1 ) );
+        set_zero( (float *) pband_coeffs[i].P_quant_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - 1 ) );
+        set_zero( pband_coeffs[i].pred_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - 1 ) );
+#endif
+#ifdef CR_FIX_698_SBA_MSAN
         for ( i = 0; i < num_bands; i++ )
         {
             set_zero( (float *) pband_coeffs[i + j * num_bands].C_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS ) * ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS - 1 ) );
@@ -310,6 +330,9 @@ void ivas_clear_band_coeffs(
 
             set_zero( pband_coeffs[i + j * num_bands].pred_quant_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - 1 ) );
         }
+#else
+        set_zero( pband_coeffs[i].pred_quant_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - 1 ) );
+#endif
     }
 
     return;
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 0f5f3b7fed7a534121494e293b0f3646935de119..b556709497b466555e18aa2946b71a595c918a24 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
 #define CR_FIX_639_HQ_ACELP_TRANSITION                  /* Ericsson: Issue 639: Wrong sampling rate of SWB TBE excitation memory in 16 kHz core for DFT Stereo@32 kbps */
 #define CR_FIX_586_BPF_DFT_MEM                          /* FhG: issue 586: set input memory of DFT analysis of BPF signal to zero for HQ core to fix issue with PLC and bitrate switching */
 #define CR_FIX_ISM_DTX_INFINITE_CNG_ON_TRAILING_SILENCE /* FhG: fix for cng in ISM DTX on sudden silence periods */
+#define CR_FIX_698_SBA_MSAN                             /* Dlb: issue 698: Uninitialized memory read in SBA init */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE CR switches ########################### */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_spar_md_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_spar_md_dec.c
index 5796b4859623ee702c783891401292ae2bf9ad63..909284d810606a52ad70527cfdbbc523acf6817a 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_spar_md_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_spar_md_dec.c
@@ -498,7 +498,11 @@ ivas_error ivas_spar_md_dec_init(
 )
 {
     int16_t i, j;
+#ifdef CR_FIX_698_SBA_MSAN
     int16_t nchan_transport, num_md_sub_frames;
+#else
+    int16_t nchan_transport;
+#endif
     float pFC[IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS], PR_minmax[2];
 
     ivas_sba_get_spar_hoa_md_flag( sba_order, hDecoderConfig->ivas_total_brate, &hMdDec->spar_hoa_md_flag, &hMdDec->spar_hoa_dirac2spar_md_flag );
@@ -541,9 +545,13 @@ ivas_error ivas_spar_md_dec_init(
     hMdDec->spar_plc_enable_fadeout_flag = 1;
     hMdDec->dtx_md_smoothing_cntr = 1;
 
+#ifdef CR_FIX_698_SBA_MSAN
     num_md_sub_frames = ivas_get_spar_dec_md_num_subframes( sba_order, hDecoderConfig->ivas_total_brate, hDecoderConfig->ivas_total_brate );
 
     ivas_clear_band_coeffs( hMdDec->spar_md.band_coeffs, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS, num_md_sub_frames );
+#else
+    ivas_clear_band_coeffs( hMdDec->spar_md.band_coeffs, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
+#endif
     ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( hMdDec->spar_md.band_coeffs_idx, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
     ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( hMdDec->spar_md_prev.band_coeffs_idx, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
     ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( hMdDec->spar_md_prev.band_coeffs_idx_mapped, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_spar_md_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_spar_md_enc.c
index 93dc7daf0a14ac706ef24625cc319bd222d6716a..3aa05843adaf10b58a0e4c508fab5930004367da 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_spar_md_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_spar_md_enc.c
@@ -303,7 +303,11 @@ ivas_error ivas_spar_md_enc_init(
         }
     }
 
+#ifdef CR_FIX_698_SBA_MSAN
     ivas_clear_band_coeffs( hMdEnc->spar_md.band_coeffs, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS, 1 );
+#else
+    ivas_clear_band_coeffs( hMdEnc->spar_md.band_coeffs, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
+#endif
     ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( hMdEnc->spar_md.band_coeffs_idx, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
     ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( hMdEnc->spar_md_prior.band_coeffs_idx, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
     ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( hMdEnc->spar_md_prior.band_coeffs_idx_mapped, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );