diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index d61b63fcf043335f7c1a328ecbef20bd775041c6..322d0e8fe5497e8bd60102a3a020eb0e900917d5 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 #define FIX_2250_LARGE_DIFFERENCES_BETWEEN_BASOP_AND_FLOAT  /* Dolby: Issue 2250:  random vector generation in GenShapedSHBExcitation() */
 #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 */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 
diff --git a/lib_enc/bw_detect_fx.c b/lib_enc/bw_detect_fx.c
index 33e00aae1d6b6422ac3c30b6b12fb977f629615e..37b79491af007c7ba64d5e1b4da19d3027ece980 100644
--- a/lib_enc/bw_detect_fx.c
+++ b/lib_enc/bw_detect_fx.c
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------*
  * Local constants
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
 #define BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_MDCT IVAS_48k
+#ifdef FIX_1381_BWD
+#define BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_MASA IVAS_48k
+#endif
 #define BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_ISM  IVAS_32k
 #define BWD_MAX_BRATE_WIDER_BW_MDCT IVAS_80k
 #define BWD_MAX_BRATE_WIDER_BW_ISM  IVAS_64k
@@ -28,8 +32,6 @@
 #define BWD_COUNT_WIDER_BW      10
 #define BWD_COUNT_WIDER_BW_MDCT 0
 
-#define BWD_N_BINS_MAX 13
-
 #define CLDFB_ENER_OFFSET_FX 26214 /* 1.6 in Q14 */
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------*
@@ -40,8 +42,8 @@
 
 void bw_detect_fx(
     Encoder_State *st,               /* i/o: Encoder State           */
-    const Word16 signal_in[],        /* i  : input signal           */
-    Word16 *spectrum,                /* i  : MDCT spectrum       Q_spec   */
+    const Word16 signal_in[],        /* i  : input signal            */
+    Word16 *spectrum,                /* i  : MDCT spectrum  Q_spec   */
     const Word32 *enerBuffer,        /* i  : CLDFB Energy   Q31      */
     const Word16 *cldfbBuf_Ener_Exp, /* i  : CLDFB Energy Exponent   */
     const IVAS_FORMAT ivas_format,   /* i  : IVAS format             */
@@ -75,12 +77,22 @@ void bw_detect_fx(
     test();
     test();
     test();
+#ifdef FIX_1381_BWD
+    test();
+    test();
+#endif
     if ( st->ini_frame > 0 && ( ( EQ_16( st->element_mode, IVAS_CPE_MDCT ) && ( GE_32( st->element_brate, BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_MDCT ) || mct_on ) ) ||
+#ifdef FIX_1381_BWD
+                                ( st->is_ism_format && GE_32( st->element_brate, BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_ISM ) ) ||
+                                ( EQ_16( ivas_format, MASA_FORMAT ) && GE_32( st->element_brate, BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_MASA ) ) ) )
+#else
                                 ( EQ_16( ivas_format, ISM_FORMAT ) && GE_32( st->element_brate, BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_ISM ) ) ) )
+#endif
     {
         bwd_count_wider_bw = BWD_COUNT_WIDER_BW_MDCT;
         move16();
     }
+
     IF( GT_32( st->input_Fs, 8000 ) )
     {