diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 640bd4a74f87f4a289867c5ada7f964df94eef50..cf4c3ee9cf44efa2cf20d62cace32db9f0fa6265 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
 #define FIX_2254_IMPROV_PRECISION_OR_COMPLEXITY_NON_BE  /* VA: Precision improvement without increasing complexity, or complexity reduction that might be not BE on the LSB */
 #define FIX_2252_LP_CNG_STARTS_SID                      /* VA: issues 2251 and 2252: fix LP CNG uninitialized value in bitstream that starts with an SID */
 #define FIX_1381_BWD                                    /* VA: issue 1381: apply no hysteresis in BWD at higher bitrates also in mono MASA and OMASA */
+#define FIX_2285_CODE_DECODER_INIT_BW                   /* VA: basop issue 2285: fix core-decoder initialization bandwidth */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/init_dec_fx.c b/lib_dec/init_dec_fx.c
index baed0184c7db78a367d394b85175e190c88beab3..933bfda721ba75e6a33ef079ad30deefa01d0bdd 100644
--- a/lib_dec/init_dec_fx.c
+++ b/lib_dec/init_dec_fx.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ ivas_error init_decoder_fx(
     }
     ELSE
     {
-#if 0 // keep deactivated for the moment to keep BE
+#ifdef FIX_2285_CODE_DECODER_INIT_BW
         st_fx->bwidth = WB;
         move16();
         st_fx->last_bwidth = WB;