diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index ee8c6be3a9aa0af714ecc976f86e5934592bbd16..b089654110f53d2c175126db3df74a44cd6eddee 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_2287_MCT_MDCT_STEREO_DATA_MALLOC_SIZE       /* FhG: correct allocation size for STEREO_MDCT_DEC_DATA struct */
 
 /* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_mct_dec_fx.c b/lib_dec/ivas_mct_dec_fx.c
index 3b2c60277eafb280e2a3ffbfe5b0caae8f7fe769..34055e84ab845651072b4ab967fb426cefdb176e 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_mct_dec_fx.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_mct_dec_fx.c
@@ -699,7 +699,11 @@ ivas_error mct_dec_reconfigure_fx(
                 move16();
 
                 /* MDCT stereo initialization */
+#ifdef FIX_2287_MCT_MDCT_STEREO_DATA_MALLOC_SIZE
+                IF( ( hMCT->hBlockData[n]->hStereoMdct = (STEREO_MDCT_DEC_DATA_HANDLE) malloc( sizeof( STEREO_MDCT_DEC_DATA ) ) ) == NULL )
+#else
                 IF( ( hMCT->hBlockData[n]->hStereoMdct = (STEREO_MDCT_DEC_DATA_HANDLE) malloc( sizeof( STEREO_MDCT_ENC_DATA ) ) ) == NULL )
+#endif
                 {
                     return ( IVAS_ERROR( IVAS_ERR_FAILED_ALLOC, "Can not allocate memory for MDCT Stereo \n" ) );
                 }