diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index d866a016456c740ed765247e206095eabad93366..0d656624da5a9047728cf3448f3107ad7c430136 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 #define CONF_DISTATT                                    /* Eri: Make distance attenuation configurable */
 #define FIX_1052_EXT_OUTPUT                             /* VA: issue 1052: define EXT decoder output configuration for stereo and MC formats */ 
 #define NONBE_1215_FIX_JBM_MAX_SCALING                  /* FhG: issue 1215: Fix assert hit in a specific VoIP decoder config. Caused by integer overflow in max scaling calculation. */
-#define NONBE_FIX_1070_USAN_SEGFAULT_MC_TO_BIN_BTSW_HEADROT   /* fix 1070 USAN: nullptr-with-offset and Segfaults in 7_1_4 to BINAURAL and BINAURAL_ROOM_REVERB decoding with bitrate switching and head rotation*/ 
+#define NONBE_FIX_1070_USAN_SEGFAULT_MC_TO_BIN_BTSW_HEADROT   /* fix 1070 USAN: nullptr-with-offset and Segfaults in 7_1_4 to BINAURAL and BINAURAL_ROOM_REVERB decoding with bitrate switching and head rotation*/
 #define FIX_1068_ASAN_IN_MC_2_BINAURAL_ROOM_IR          /* issue 1068 : Memory leak in MC to BINAURAL_ROOM decoding with bitrate switching*/
 #define NONBE_FIX_MC_LFE_LPF                                  /* Dlb: Adding the LFE LPF filter back for MC content. */
 #define NONBE_FIX_1052_SBA_EXT                          /* Dlb: SBA external output support */
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@
 #define NONBE_1329_FIX_OSBA_CRASH                       /* FhG: issue 1329: prevent assert when bit budget is low*/
 #define NONBE_FIX_1128_OSBA_EXT_OUTPUT_ORDER            /* FhG: issue 1128: set output ambisonics order to input order for EXT output  */
 #define FIX_1138_SBA_EXT_ERROR_PRINTOUT                 /* VA: issue 1138: Fix SBA EXT output call of audioCfg2channels() */
+#define NONBE_FIX_981_PARAMBIN_DEFAULT_EARLY_PART             /* Nokia: Set default early part energy correction to unity for BINAURAL_ROOM_REVERB */
 
 /* #################### End BASOP porting switches ############################ */
 
diff --git a/lib_rend/ivas_dirac_dec_binaural_functions.c b/lib_rend/ivas_dirac_dec_binaural_functions.c
index 875d7a1ef02d5b6fdfee87071e686040839c22ca..9c92a9d3d1d2f844468ca3cb5f5be536ca9edd27 100644
--- a/lib_rend/ivas_dirac_dec_binaural_functions.c
+++ b/lib_rend/ivas_dirac_dec_binaural_functions.c
@@ -231,7 +231,18 @@ ivas_error ivas_dirac_dec_init_binaural_data(
         else if ( renderer_type == RENDERER_BINAURAL_PARAMETRIC_ROOM ) /* Indication of binaural rendering with room effect */
         {
 #ifdef NONBE_FIX_991_PARAMBIN_BINARY_HRTF
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_981_PARAMBIN_DEFAULT_EARLY_PART
+            if ( st_ivas->hDecoderConfig->output_config == IVAS_AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_IR )
+            {
+                mvr2r( ( *phHrtfParambin )->parametricEarlyPartEneCorrection, hDiracDecBin->earlyPartEneCorrection, nBins );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                set_f( hDiracDecBin->earlyPartEneCorrection, 1.0f, CLDFB_NO_CHANNELS_MAX );
+            }
+#else
             mvr2r( ( *phHrtfParambin )->parametricEarlyPartEneCorrection, hDiracDecBin->earlyPartEneCorrection, nBins );
+#endif
 #else
             mvr2r( hHrtfParambin->parametricEarlyPartEneCorrection, hDiracDecBin->earlyPartEneCorrection, nBins );
 #endif
diff --git a/lib_rend/lib_rend.c b/lib_rend/lib_rend.c
index 3fae939713ecb82bc3d33da0fa30c682c1d840b6..e5f94fc2f0e72cf8ec17e577ece61502a5796bb7 100644
--- a/lib_rend/lib_rend.c
+++ b/lib_rend/lib_rend.c
@@ -8359,7 +8359,18 @@ static ivas_error ivas_masa_ext_rend_parambin_init(
         else if ( renderer_type == RENDERER_BINAURAL_PARAMETRIC_ROOM ) /* Indication of binaural rendering with room effect */
         {
 #ifdef NONBE_FIX_991_PARAMBIN_BINARY_HRTF
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_981_PARAMBIN_DEFAULT_EARLY_PART
+            if ( *inputMasa->base.ctx.pOutConfig == IVAS_AUDIO_CONFIG_BINAURAL_ROOM_IR )
+            {
+                mvr2r( ( *phHrtfParambin )->parametricEarlyPartEneCorrection, hDiracDecBin->earlyPartEneCorrection, nBins );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                set_f( hDiracDecBin->earlyPartEneCorrection, 1.0f, CLDFB_NO_CHANNELS_MAX );
+            }
+#else
             mvr2r( ( *phHrtfParambin )->parametricEarlyPartEneCorrection, hDiracDecBin->earlyPartEneCorrection, nBins );
+#endif
 #else
             mvr2r( hHrtfParambin->parametricEarlyPartEneCorrection, hDiracDecBin->earlyPartEneCorrection, nBins );
 #endif