diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index fa1fd8f4ed7d56287ed1326c317b828dc6e16851..ea2823ad7fc7c7836f27203b128295f34d17f16e 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -151,5 +151,6 @@
 #define FIX_ISSUE_1237_KEEP_EVS_BE              /* VA: Fix to keep EVS bitexactness to 26.444 */
 #define FIX_ISSUE_1214                          /* Ittiam: Fix for issue 1214: Energy leakage in IGF tiles for MDCT-stereo @64kbps SWB*/
 #define FIX_881_HILBERT_FILTER                  /* VA: improve the precision of the Hilbert filter to remove 2kHz unwanted tone */
+#define FIX_ISSUE_1245                          /* Ittiam: Fix for issue 1245: Basop Encoder: Audible noise for silent Stereo input DTX on @24.4 kbps, @32 kbps*/
 #endif
 #define FIX_MINOR_SVD_WMOPS_MR1010X             /* FhG: Minor WMOPS tuning, bit-exact to previous version, saves about 8.2 WMOPS for MR1010 */
diff --git a/lib_enc/cng_enc_fx.c b/lib_enc/cng_enc_fx.c
index 8a2495b40c88f53dc790af9667dffb3a8bd4a1e1..4cfc193ecc5785ac74d5b4e0bc75405f86d11176 100644
--- a/lib_enc/cng_enc_fx.c
+++ b/lib_enc/cng_enc_fx.c
@@ -2024,13 +2024,23 @@ void CNG_enc_ivas_fx(
 
     /* convert log2 of residual signal energy */
     /*enr = (float)log10( enr + 0.1f ) / (float)log10( 2.0f ); */
-    hi = norm_l( L_ener );
-    lo = Log2_norm_lc( L_shl( L_ener, hi ) );
-    hi = sub( 29, hi );                  /* log2 exp in Q2*Q_new */
-    hi = sub( hi, shl( Q_new, 1 ) );     /* Q0 */
-    L_tmp = L_Comp( hi, lo );            /* Q16 */
-    enr = round_fx( L_shl( L_tmp, 8 ) ); /* Q8 (16+8-16) */
 
+#ifdef FIX_ISSUE_1245
+    IF( L_ener == 0 )
+    {
+        enr = -850; /*log(0.1) base 2 in Q8*/
+        move16();
+    }
+    ELSE
+#endif
+    {
+        hi = norm_l( L_ener );
+        lo = Log2_norm_lc( L_shl( L_ener, hi ) );
+        hi = sub( 29, hi );                  /* log2 exp in Q2*Q_new */
+        hi = sub( hi, shl( Q_new, 1 ) );     /* Q0 */
+        L_tmp = L_Comp( hi, lo );            /* Q16 */
+        enr = round_fx( L_shl( L_tmp, 8 ) ); /* Q8 (16+8-16) */
+    }
     /* update the circular buffer of old energies */
     hTdCngEnc->cng_ener_hist_fx[hTdCngEnc->cng_hist_ptr] = enr;
     move16(); /* Q8 */