diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 0d656624da5a9047728cf3448f3107ad7c430136..2128f59873027c81e54f79c108c243d5a32965e7 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@
 #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 */
+#define NONBE_FIX_1174_MCMASA_LBR_LOOP_ERROR            /* Nokia: Fix issue 1174 by removing the unnecessary inner loop causing problems. */
 
 /* #################### End BASOP porting switches ############################ */
 
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc.c
index 6255712ec3aa028dd41f9895c9e26a48608ea5bf..ea4ddd05c7390e3095879578e8c6c761484175b8 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc.c
@@ -1791,10 +1791,14 @@ static void reduce_metadata_further(
                 /* Copy spread coherence to the rest of subframes for the coherence coding algorithm. */
                 for ( sf = 1; sf < MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES; sf++ )
                 {
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_1174_MCMASA_LBR_LOOP_ERROR
+                    hqmetadata->q_direction[0].coherence_band_data[band].spread_coherence[sf] = hqmetadata->q_direction[0].coherence_band_data[band].spread_coherence[0];
+#else
                     for ( band = 0; band < numCodingBands; band++ )
                     {
                         hqmetadata->q_direction[0].coherence_band_data[band].spread_coherence[sf] = hqmetadata->q_direction[0].coherence_band_data[band].spread_coherence[0];
                     }
+#endif
                 }
 
                 /* Surround coherence is already merged through time */