diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index e2ae51715a909291aa64d080cf92a42fefaa4664..a713d2520f1f88fac14936439dce827ed554fefa 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
 #define CLEANUP_ACELP_ENC                               /* VA: basop issue 2304: Remove duplicated code in excitation encoding in the ACELP core */
 #define CLEANUP_VBR_CAM_ENC                             /* VA: basop issue 2299: Remove unused core-encoder VBR and CAM code */
 #define FIX_1494_SET_SPLITBFI_UNUSED                    /* Dolby: Fix issue 1494, remove unused function setting BFI flag in ISAR renderer */
+#define FIX_1479_MSAN_SPAR_UNINITIALIZED_VALUE          /* Dolby: Fix for issue 1479, MSAN error due to uninitialized value in SPAR */
 
 /* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_spar_md_dec_fx.c b/lib_dec/ivas_spar_md_dec_fx.c
index 64c4375a5be4edc008f1a579f6e20a65bfe9d35d..e90f6955011b3bbb436c62ec1133337776f1fa27 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_spar_md_dec_fx.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_spar_md_dec_fx.c
@@ -631,6 +631,13 @@ ivas_error ivas_spar_md_dec_init(
     hMdDec->first_valid_frame = 1;
     move16();
 
+#ifdef FIX_1479_MSAN_SPAR_UNINITIALIZED_VALUE
+    hMdDec->spar_md.res_ind = 0;
+    hMdDec->spar_md.prior_dyn_active_w_flag = 0;
+    move16();
+    move16();
+#endif
+
     return IVAS_ERR_OK;
 }