diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 7fe8657567b8bc35460f2498b51b4da2cf9cb400..d6bbaf88a69b9efc91b235899b23992d49b2b11f 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -158,5 +158,6 @@
 #define FIX_920_IGF_INIT_ERROR                  /* FhG: issue 920: fix bitrate mismatch in initial IGF config to avoid error message in same cases */
 #define FIX_MINOR_SVD_WMOPS_MR1010X             /* FhG: Minor WMOPS tuning, bit-exact to previous version, saves about 8.2 WMOPS for MR1010 */
 #define SVD_WMOPS_OPT                           /* Ittiam : SVD related optimizations */
-#define NONBE_FIX_1087_OOB_SBA_DTX_RS                   /* VA: issue 1087: Extend the length of the buffer for MCT decoding to avoid out-of-bound writing in SBA SID bitrate switching decoding */
+#define NONBE_FIX_1087_OOB_SBA_DTX_RS           /* VA: issue 1087: Extend the length of the buffer for MCT decoding to avoid out-of-bound writing in SBA SID bitrate switching decoding */
+#define FIX_ISSUE_1279                          /* VA: correction of wrong scaling update */
 #endif
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_core_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_core_dec.c
index c7893c88d1f66dfa58341f187344a38329ed61bc..8d88074a835df6e35864fd37d80a0641b7551910 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_core_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_core_dec.c
@@ -574,7 +574,9 @@ ivas_error ivas_core_dec_fx(
                 st->cldfbSyn->Q_cldfb_state = Q11;
                 move16();
             }
+#ifndef FIX_ISSUE_1279 /* the update of prev_Q_syn is already done inside rescale_mem( ) */
             st->prev_Q_syn = st->Q_syn;
+#endif
             move16();
 
             IF( save_hb_synth_32_fx )