diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index c40a70e4011f3cb6134889a9a172ca19860855d2..4dfb7d8e4f2bc54f21a393f44163f12c3de42a49 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 #define FIX_740_HQ_CORE_OVA // Proposed fix to solve overlap and add issue for HQ_CORE
+#define FIX_746  // proposed fix to solve low bit-rate frame boundaries issues 
+
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
 
 /* clang-format on */
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_cpe_dec_fx.c b/lib_dec/ivas_cpe_dec_fx.c
index a8f9a12d03cd73c3517ce6dc7222bca64cd6d21f..918175abd095f5b7f4a9d1dcfa8bea2645405dae 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_cpe_dec_fx.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_cpe_dec_fx.c
@@ -326,10 +326,12 @@ ivas_error ivas_cpe_dec_fx(
       {
         floatToFixed_arrL(&hCPE->output_mem[n][0], &hCPE->output_mem_fx[n][0], q_temp, NS2SA_fx2(st_ivas->hDecoderConfig->output_Fs, STEREO_DFT32MS_OVL_NS));//any q works
       }
+#ifndef FIX_746
       if (hCPE->input_mem[n] != NULL)
       {
         floatToFixed_arrL(&hCPE->input_mem[n][0], &hCPE->input_mem_fx[n][0], q_temp, NS2SA(hCPE->hCoreCoder[0]->output_Fs, STEREO_DFT32MS_OVL_NS));
       }
+#endif
       if (hCPE->input_mem_LB[n] != NULL)
       {
         floatToFixed_arrL(&hCPE->input_mem_LB[n][0], &hCPE->input_mem_LB_fx[n][0], q_temp, STEREO_DFT32MS_OVL_16k);