diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 1e16c2160fce34a7a4a202a74856587f51158524..676b3d674ceecbf9c937daa0d7452325bbe6c883 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@
 #define FIX_1413_IGF_INIT_PRINTOUT                      /* FhG: use correct variable for IGF initiliazation */
 #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
 #define TMP_FIX_SPLIT_REND                              // temporary fix to split-rendering (it follows the later state of the framework but it is needed now because of current test-conditions)
diff --git a/lib_rend/ivas_rotation_fx.c b/lib_rend/ivas_rotation_fx.c
index 10838dce62100bf3e904bc03f7a43b2bc6e9144d..b58294d06df3b29a334b8324eefc40cba3cc6c97 100644
--- a/lib_rend/ivas_rotation_fx.c
+++ b/lib_rend/ivas_rotation_fx.c
@@ -1515,6 +1515,12 @@ ivas_error combine_external_and_head_orientations_rend(
 
     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 )
@@ -1522,6 +1528,7 @@ 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 )