diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index a72b234fcbbe23021e797e5df5ef954411586987..0bf9a27d6c8aa6f658ddb56cef542eba27f42580 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 #define FIX_1962_FORMAT_CONV_SPECTRAL_DIFF                   /* FhG: Improved precision of targetEnergy in ivas_ls_setup_conversion_process_mdct_fx() */
 #define FIX_2003_CON_TCX_OVERFLOW                            /* FhG: Use a dynamic scaling factor for the synth buffer at the output of con_tcx_ivas_fx() */
 #define OPT_TCXLTP_FILTER_LOOP                               /* FhG: optimize loop in tcx_ltp_synth_filter */
-
+#define FIX_2602_NONBE_SAT_IN_SWB_TBE_SCALE                  /* Dolby: fix for issue 2026: Saturation in SWB TBE re-scaling function preventing StereoDownmix complexity job to complete */
 
 /* #################### Start BASOP porting switches ############################ */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/swb_tbe_dec_fx.c b/lib_dec/swb_tbe_dec_fx.c
index 0de93c9375e25eaec4129c64295af52d17564ef2..0a8113c1d42b03bcdb6785876d49e480eafdc474 100644
--- a/lib_dec/swb_tbe_dec_fx.c
+++ b/lib_dec/swb_tbe_dec_fx.c
@@ -2703,22 +2703,31 @@ void swb_tbe_dec_fx(
 
     Lscale = root_a_over_b_fx( curr_pow, shl( Q_bwe_exc, 1 ), prev_pow, shl( Q_bwe_exc, 1 ), &exp );
 
+
+#ifdef FIX_2602_NONBE_SAT_IN_SWB_TBE_SCALE
+    /* Note, that the code below comes from the legacy EVS decoder but it leads to saturation issues in L_shl(). Thus, it's been fixed by adding _sat to L_shl() and round_fx() functions. However, this might break the bit-exactness with EVS for some corner case-signals. */
+    FOR( i = 0; i < L_SHB_LAHEAD; i++ )
+    {
+        L_tmp = Mult_32_16( Lscale, shaped_shb_excitation[i] );             /* Q_bwe_exc + (31-exp) - 15 */
+        shaped_shb_excitation[i] = round_fx_sat( L_shl_sat( L_tmp, exp ) ); /* Q_bwe_exc */
+        move16();
+    }
+#else
     FOR( i = 0; i < L_SHB_LAHEAD; i++ )
     {
         L_tmp = Mult_32_16( Lscale, shaped_shb_excitation[i] );     /* Q_bwe_exc + (31-exp) - 15 */
         shaped_shb_excitation[i] = round_fx( L_shl( L_tmp, exp ) ); /* Q_bwe_exc */
         move16();
     }
+#endif
+
     IF( exp < 0 )
     {
         Lscale = L_shl( Lscale, exp );
         exp = 0;
         move16();
     }
-    /*
-       code for EVS and IVAS are basically identical with the exception of i_mult_sat() which has precision issues
-       thus is was replaced for IVAS and kept for EVS, in order to keep EVS BE to test sequences and legacy implementations
-    */
+
     IF( EQ_16( st_fx->element_mode, EVS_MONO ) )
     {
         FOR( ; i < L_SHB_LAHEAD + 10; i++ )