diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 0a922aecae59adcf91a771c3c33ecb0f0e6335ba..f77c3ffa4d81526fd2a44b07d8dd63308212ae46 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 #define FIX_2252_SCALING_SAVE_HB_SYNTH                  /* VA: issue 2252: fix use-of-uninit-value in save_hb_synth_fx[] scaling in FOA decoding with bitstream that starts with an SID */
 #define FIX_2248_EVS_ASSERT                             /* VA: Include _sat in an EVS related part of the code */
 #define FIX_2254_IMPROV_COMPLEXITY_BE                   /* VA: BE small complexity reduction  */
+#define FIX_1481_CLANG18_MSAN_INIT_LAST_ELEM_BRATE      /* FhG: initialize last_element_brate to avoid CLANG18 MSAN complaint */
 #define FIX_1484_CLANG18_MSAN_INIT_ST_ELEM_BRATE        /* FhG: initialize st->element_brate per default */
 #define FIX_1464_UBSAN_RC_CONTEXT_MAP                   /* FhG: BE UBSAN fix for float issue 1464 in the TCX range coder */
 #define FIX_2272_OOB_INDEXING_IN_LTP_PIT_SEARCH         /* FhG: fix OOB index USAN error in TCX LTP pitch search */
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_sce_dec_fx.c b/lib_dec/ivas_sce_dec_fx.c
index 1b9a530e87b8fa53fa162ca519c45bbb29fac9ca..ab237934afcb059520eedd3d40234d1c6f2e5662 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_sce_dec_fx.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_sce_dec_fx.c
@@ -385,6 +385,10 @@ ivas_error create_sce_dec(
     move16();
     hSCE->element_brate = element_brate; /*Q0*/
     move32();
+#ifdef FIX_1481_CLANG18_MSAN_INIT_LAST_ELEM_BRATE
+    hSCE->last_element_brate = hSCE->element_brate;
+    move32();
+#endif
 
     set32_fx( hSCE->prev_hb_synth_fx, 0, NS2SA_FX2( st_ivas->hDecoderConfig->output_Fs, IVAS_DEC_DELAY_NS - DELAY_BWE_TOTAL_NS ) );