diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index d963b98fada9907718fc622f8364efc5b56e60bc..58730fd0f7fbb4bb370798ee8f03db9e1225e43a 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@
 #define FIX_1999_TEMPORARY_DISABLE_DIST_ATT_CHECK            /* Eri: Issue 1999: Range check on float values of distance attenuation, while the float values are not propagated to this function. The test is not correct, but configurable distance attenuation is not used in Characterization.*/
 #define OPT_IGF_GET_WHITE_SPEC_DATA                          /* FhG: optimized version of IGF_getWhiteSpectralData_ivas() */
 #define FIX_2081_REVISE_H1_SCALING                           /* VA: accommodate for H1 overshoot that was causing assert in set_impule. Not BE with MASA on LTV with bitrate switching for only 2 instances */
+#define TEMP_FIX_2088_MSAN_INIT_ERROR                        /* Eri: Temporary fix for Issue 2088 - MSAN error. Will come with later port of JBM+Split rendering update */
 
+/* ################### End FIXES switches ########################### */
 
 /* #################### Start BASOP porting switches ############################ */
 
diff --git a/lib_rend/lib_rend_fx.c b/lib_rend/lib_rend_fx.c
index 10c646ce26026b1486ec6a102ebc80ce1e5ecd21..6bb64cb3c37597556af84a86e2cafbdc03210750 100644
--- a/lib_rend/lib_rend_fx.c
+++ b/lib_rend/lib_rend_fx.c
@@ -3337,6 +3337,9 @@ ivas_error IVAS_REND_Open(
 
         isar_init_split_rend_handles( hIvasRend->splitRendWrapper );
     }
+#ifdef TEMP_FIX_2088_MSAN_INIT_ERROR
+    hIvasRend->splitRendEncBuffer.data_fx = NULL;
+#endif
 
     FOR( i = 0; i < RENDERER_MAX_ISM_INPUTS; ++i )
     {