diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index eb25a42271a4a25c2cfba967e8940bb57d8ec405..0f0ccb0fcf218f8215aa8ef6ca0c285cfcc42b8c 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 #define FIX_1819_EIGENVALUE_ERROR                            /* FhG: Workaround for zero eigenvalue: replace with epsilon if det != 0*/
 #define FIX_1990_SANITIZER_IN_REVERB_LOAD                    /* Nokia: Fix issue part of issue 1990 by introducing missing free of structure. */
 #define FIX_1995_REVERB_INIT                                 /* VA/Nokia: issue 1995: Fix use-of-uninitialized-value in ivas_binaural_reverb_init() */
+#define FIX_1996_MASKING_NOISE_V2                            /* Dlb/FhG: Heavy precision loss in ola buffers causing discontinuity*/
 
 /* #################### Start BASOP porting switches ############################ */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/acelp_core_dec_fx.c b/lib_dec/acelp_core_dec_fx.c
index 144762f74465a48ac42090424cd927fd82a691a2..b1525acd9e55d5b097eaba9480ff0c5e09dbd6b4 100644
--- a/lib_dec/acelp_core_dec_fx.c
+++ b/lib_dec/acelp_core_dec_fx.c
@@ -1640,9 +1640,12 @@ ivas_error acelp_core_dec_fx(
                                 }
 
                                 Word32 psyn_32_fx[L_FRAME16k];
-                                Copy_Scale_sig_16_32_no_sat( psyn_fx, psyn_32_fx, st->hFdCngDec->hFdCngCom->frameSize, sub( Q6, st->Q_syn ) );                                                                // Q6
+                                Copy_Scale_sig_16_32_no_sat( psyn_fx, psyn_32_fx, st->hFdCngDec->hFdCngCom->frameSize, sub( Q6, st->Q_syn ) ); // Q6
+#ifdef FIX_1996_MASKING_NOISE_V2
+                                Copy_Scale_sig_16_32_no_sat( st->hFdCngDec->hFdCngCom->olapBufferSynth2, st->hFdCngDec->hFdCngCom->olapBufferSynth2_fx, st->hFdCngDec->hFdCngCom->frameSize, Q15 ); // Q15
+#else
                                 Copy_Scale_sig_16_32_no_sat( st->hFdCngDec->hFdCngCom->olapBufferSynth2, st->hFdCngDec->hFdCngCom->olapBufferSynth2_fx, shl( st->hFdCngDec->hFdCngCom->frameSize, 1 ), Q15 ); // Q15
-
+#endif
                                 generate_masking_noise_ivas_fx( psyn_32_fx, &exp, st->hFdCngDec->hFdCngCom, st->hFdCngDec->hFdCngCom->frameSize, 0, 0, 0, st->element_mode, hStereoCng, nchan_out );
 
                                 Copy_Scale_sig_32_16( psyn_32_fx, psyn_fx, st->hFdCngDec->hFdCngCom->frameSize, sub( st->Q_syn, exp ) );                                                                // Q = st->Q_syn