diff --git a/lib_com/gs_noisefill_fx.c b/lib_com/gs_noisefill_fx.c
index 8489cd66de0015dd76d4f18bb75c3861a077fb21..50072eb29a077d311a62f39445a3d997ef36ee6c 100644
--- a/lib_com/gs_noisefill_fx.c
+++ b/lib_com/gs_noisefill_fx.c
@@ -751,11 +751,19 @@ void highband_exc_dct_in_fx(
     test();
     IF( bfi || LT_32( core_brate, 6000 ) || ( LT_32( core_brate, 8600 ) && EQ_16( coder_type, UNVOICED ) ) )
     {
+#ifndef FIX_1478_UNINIT_ON_BFI
         set16_fx( noisepb, 13107, MBANDS_GN ); /*0.4 in Q15 */
+#else
+        set16_fx( noisepb, 13107, last_bin ); /*0.4 in Q15 */
+#endif
     }
     ELSE IF( EQ_16( GSC_IVAS_mode, 3 ) || ( GSC_IVAS_mode > 0 && EQ_16( GSC_noisy_speech, 1 ) ) )
     {
+#ifndef FIX_1478_UNINIT_ON_BFI
         set16_fx( noisepb, 13107 /*0.4f*/, MBANDS_GN16k );
+#else
+        set16_fx( noisepb, 13107 /*0.4f*/, last_bin );
+#endif
     }
     ELSE
     {
@@ -772,7 +780,11 @@ void highband_exc_dct_in_fx(
     test();
     IF( GSC_IVAS_mode == 0 && GSC_noisy_speech && !bfi && LE_16( element_mode, IVAS_SCE ) )
     {
+#ifndef FIX_1478_UNINIT_ON_BFI
         set16_fx( noisepb, 3277, MBANDS_GN );
+#else
+        set16_fx( noisepb, 3277, last_bin );
+#endif
     }
     test();
     IF( LT_32( core_brate, 6000 ) && LE_16( coder_type, UNVOICED ) )
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index ee8c6be3a9aa0af714ecc976f86e5934592bbd16..a099ddcc9539c9bd8236af8ea604eb362a093bd1 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 #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_1478_UNINIT_ON_BFI                          /* VA: Fix issue 1478 where a vector is partly un-initialized during bfi */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */