diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_front_vad_fx.c b/lib_enc/ivas_front_vad_fx.c
index 124ab2996d3a05ded0d407d343ba090048a50f7b..fff68e5a228754258b367f756124be6f24ba2219 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_front_vad_fx.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_front_vad_fx.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ ivas_error front_vad_spar_fx(
 
         Word16 q_tmpN, q_tmpE;
         noise_est_down_ivas_fx( fr_bands_fx[0], q_fr_bands[0], hFrontVad->hNoiseEst->bckr_fx, &hFrontVad->hNoiseEst->q_bckr, tmpN_fx, &q_tmpN, tmpE_fx, &q_tmpE, st->min_band, st->max_band,
-                                &hFrontVad->hNoiseEst->totalNoise_fx, Etot_fx[0], &hFrontVad->hNoiseEst->Etot_last_32fx, &hFrontVad->hNoiseEst->Etot_v_h2_fx );
+                                &hFrontVad->hNoiseEst->totalNoise_fx, L_deposit_h( Etot_fx[0] ) /*q8->q24*/, &hFrontVad->hNoiseEst->Etot_last_32fx, &hFrontVad->hNoiseEst->Etot_v_h2_fx );
 
         corr_shift_fx = correlation_shift_fx( hFrontVad->hNoiseEst->totalNoise_fx ); /* Q15 */
 
diff --git a/lib_enc/nois_est_fx.c b/lib_enc/nois_est_fx.c
index e8c72baa15e4a82ec2ebcb2dc4bc3992e9907d78..733576975f1ca6574ff98f907ad2487225d6ffff 100644
--- a/lib_enc/nois_est_fx.c
+++ b/lib_enc/nois_est_fx.c
@@ -748,8 +748,8 @@ void noise_est_down_ivas_fx(
     const Word16 min_band, /* i  : minimum critical band                                 */
     const Word16 max_band, /* i  : maximum critical band                                 */
     Word16 *totalNoise,    /* o  : noise estimate over all critical bands                */
-    Word32 Etot,           /* i  : Energy of current frame                               */
-    Word32 *Etot_last,     /* i/o: Energy of last frame            Q8                    */
+    Word32 Etot,           /* i  : Energy of current frame                            Q24*/
+    Word32 *Etot_last,     /* i/o: Energy of last frame            Q24                   */
     Word16 *Etot_v_h2      /* i/o: Energy variations of noise frames  Q8                 */
 )
 
diff --git a/lib_enc/prot_fx_enc.h b/lib_enc/prot_fx_enc.h
index 54e203db1f36f3a03c5c6e5e42c0c78fadd657ae..2d7e708bbbdf27cd14788006af9923575e47f8d9 100644
--- a/lib_enc/prot_fx_enc.h
+++ b/lib_enc/prot_fx_enc.h
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ void noise_est_down_ivas_fx(
     const Word16 min_band, /* i  : minimum critical band                      */
     const Word16 max_band, /* i  : maximum critical band                      */
     Word16 *totalNoise,    /* o  : noise estimate over all critical bands     */
-    Word32 Etot,           /* i  : Energy of current frame                    */
-    Word32 *Etot_last,     /* i/o: Energy of last frame            Q8         */
+    Word32 Etot,           /* i  : Energy of current frame                 Q24*/
+    Word32 *Etot_last,     /* i/o: Energy of last frame            Q24        */
     Word16 *Etot_v_h2      /* i/o: Energy variations of noise frames  Q8      */
 );