diff --git a/lib_enc/speech_music_classif_fx.c b/lib_enc/speech_music_classif_fx.c
index cf6ba543ba573fefb3458da65826ecd6c0160a3e..65000a7b3f444acf3256676c1840db27129c5681 100644
--- a/lib_enc/speech_music_classif_fx.c
+++ b/lib_enc/speech_music_classif_fx.c
@@ -2006,8 +2006,8 @@ Word16 ivas_smc_gmm_fx(
     {
         Word32 tmp_max;
         tmp_max = L_max( PS_norm_fx[i], hSpMusClas->past_PS_fx[i - LOWEST_FBIN] );
-
-        temp32 = BASOP_Util_Divide3232_Scale_newton( tmp_max, L_add( dPS_fx[i], avoid_divide_by_zero ), &temp_exp ); // 31-temp_exp
+        /* Saturation doesn't have a significant impact here, as a value of 1e-5 in Q31 format is added to prevent division by zero */
+        temp32 = BASOP_Util_Divide3232_Scale_newton( tmp_max, L_add_sat( dPS_fx[i], avoid_divide_by_zero ), &temp_exp ); // 31-temp_exp
         ps_sta_fx = BASOP_Util_Add_Mant32Exp( temp32, temp_exp, ps_sta_fx, ps_sta_exp, &ps_sta_exp );
     }
     temp32_log = L_add( BASOP_Util_Log2( L_add_sat( ps_sta_fx, L_shr( 21475, ps_sta_exp ) ) ), L_shl( ps_sta_exp, Q25 ) );