diff --git a/lib_com/bits_alloc.c b/lib_com/bits_alloc.c
index ff840a9a631cdbfd0c772a76b323b08be11087ef..3e3faf95644910097e4046690bfc1d7bdbf5ec8c 100644
--- a/lib_com/bits_alloc.c
+++ b/lib_com/bits_alloc.c
@@ -476,19 +476,26 @@ static ivas_error acelp_FCB_allocator(
         }
 
         /* try to increase the FCB of the first subframe in cases when the next step is lower than the current step */
-        step = fcb_table( fixed_cdk_index[sfr] + 1, L_subfr ) - fcb_table( fixed_cdk_index[sfr], L_subfr );
-        if ( *nBits >= step && cdbk >= 0 )
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_694_OMASA_ACELP
+        if ( fixed_cdk_index[sfr] < ACELP_FIXED_CDK_NB - 1 )
         {
-            fixed_cdk_index[sfr]++;
-            *nBits -= step;
-
-            if ( *nBits >= step && fixed_cdk_index[sfr + 1] == fixed_cdk_index[sfr] - 1 )
+#endif
+            step = fcb_table( fixed_cdk_index[sfr] + 1, L_subfr ) - fcb_table( fixed_cdk_index[sfr], L_subfr );
+            if ( *nBits >= step && cdbk >= 0 )
             {
-                sfr++;
                 fixed_cdk_index[sfr]++;
                 *nBits -= step;
+
+                if ( *nBits >= step && fixed_cdk_index[sfr + 1] == fixed_cdk_index[sfr] - 1 )
+                {
+                    sfr++;
+                    fixed_cdk_index[sfr]++;
+                    *nBits -= step;
+                }
             }
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_694_OMASA_ACELP
         }
+#endif
     }
     /* TRANSITION coding: allocate highest FCBQ bit-budget to the subframe with the glottal-shape codebook */
     if ( tc_subfr >= L_SUBFR )
diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_stereo_td_bit_alloc.c b/lib_com/ivas_stereo_td_bit_alloc.c
index 8282cb9dbdd173f65ea34d91eed100e0cfbc9b74..5dfb2b0e3dde29fbb244db559db978d5abfd16b6 100644
--- a/lib_com/ivas_stereo_td_bit_alloc.c
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_stereo_td_bit_alloc.c
@@ -308,7 +308,18 @@ void tdm_bit_alloc(
     {
         *total_brate_sec = min( *total_brate_sec, element_brate_wo_meta - ( 5900 + BWE_brate ) );
 
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_694_OMASA_ACELP
+        if ( coder_type == INACTIVE )
+        {
+            *total_brate_sec = max( *total_brate_sec, tdm_bit_allc_tbl[0][0] ); /* sanity check to ensure the secondary channel always gets the minimal bitrate it needs */
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            *total_brate_sec = max( *total_brate_sec, 3500 ); /* sanity check to ensure the secondary channel always gets the minimal bitrate it needs */
+        }
+#else
         *total_brate_sec = max( *total_brate_sec, tdm_bit_allc_tbl[idx][coder_type] ); /* sanity check to ensure the secondary channel always gets the minimal bitrate it needs */
+#endif
     }
 
     /* Secondary channel bitrate adjusment                                                      */
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 4eac787b42719fb16a8c46ef638c6b897bced99a..bb7652a6a274fff01ff23ae6632104db970079be 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 #define NONBE_FIX_736_FOA_BR_SWITCH                           /* FhG/Dlb : Issue 736: FOA bitrate switching decoding crashes in in ivas_spar_to_dirac */
 #define NONBE_FIX_746_NONDIEGETIC_MD                          /* Eri: Issue 746: The non-diegetic panning flag affects the encoder bitstream even if extended metadata is not enabled. Crashes the decoder.*/
 #define NONBE_FIX_729_ASAN_2ISM_ACELP                         /* VA: issue 729: fix ASAN ACELP errors with 2 ISM coding using LTV */
-
+#define NONBE_FIX_694_OMASA_ACELP                             /* Nokia: Issue #694: OMASA crash in ACELP with extreme item */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ############################# */