diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index ab556d262e7ad6602c9f3fcb791c3fbfe8ec0099..c9c5644f935a5d8d62b0e71408d59ef013f4704c 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@
 #define CODE_IMPROVEMENTS
 #define NONBE_1359_FIX_IVASREND_OMASA_BINAURAL_LOUDNESS /* Nokia: issue 1339: Apply scaling to the object-part of OMASA for binaural rendering in IVAS_rend. */
 #define NONBE_1362_FIX_OMASA_TO_MASA1_RENDERING         /* Nokia: Fix OMASA to MASA1 rendering in IVAS_rend */
+#define FIX_1383_HEAD_TRACK_SANITIZER                   /* Nok: issue 1383: Fix head tracking struc values reading in renderer */
 
 
 // object-editing feature porting
diff --git a/lib_rend/ivas_rotation.c b/lib_rend/ivas_rotation.c
index 0a4a7c4ec9dea35488fef6d13b7178df656c8224..241b2ae5dac39aaa9e8451cd4e1fee7c46dc74fc 100644
--- a/lib_rend/ivas_rotation.c
+++ b/lib_rend/ivas_rotation.c
@@ -906,6 +906,12 @@ ivas_error combine_external_and_head_orientations_rend(
     int16_t i;
 
     sr_pose_pred_axis = DEFAULT_AXIS;
+#ifdef FIX_1383_HEAD_TRACK_SANITIZER
+    if ( hHeadTrackData->headRotEnabled )
+    {
+        headRotQuaternions = hHeadTrackData->headPositions;
+        listenerPos = hHeadTrackData->Pos;
+#else
     if ( hHeadTrackData != NULL )
     {
         if ( hHeadTrackData->headRotEnabled )
@@ -913,6 +919,7 @@ ivas_error combine_external_and_head_orientations_rend(
             headRotQuaternions = hHeadTrackData->headPositions;
             listenerPos = hHeadTrackData->Pos;
         }
+#endif
         sr_pose_pred_axis = hHeadTrackData->sr_pose_pred_axis;
     }
     else if ( hExtOrientationData != NULL )