diff --git a/apps/decoder.c b/apps/decoder.c
index c3a5434cbb024b23b6ec2109df6d928bc23cff71..35d7e6c3e6fff307b76d3c1173708835fc442b0f 100644
--- a/apps/decoder.c
+++ b/apps/decoder.c
@@ -913,6 +913,9 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_dec(
     arg->inputFormat = IVAS_DEC_INPUT_FORMAT_G192;
     arg->non_diegetic_pan_enabled = false;
     arg->non_diegetic_pan_gain = 0.f;
+#ifdef FIX_2318_CLANG_DECODER
+    arg->non_diegetic_pan_gain_fx = 0;
+#endif
     arg->tsmEnabled = false;
     arg->render_num_subframes = IVAS_RENDER_NUM_SUBFR_20MS;
     arg->aeSequence.count = 0;
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index c5f15d71185f1bb127e1d05ecdf04ba7ff93aa04..de1008c52616bd31e7236544b6cdf59289eae9ae 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 #define REMOVE_UNUSED_CODE_IVAS_DEC                     /* VA: remove unused code in ivas_jbm_dec_tc_fx() */
 #define FIX_2294_CLANG_18_WARNINGS_ENC                  /* VA: Fix some encoder clang-18 warnings, desc. in 2294 */
 #define REMOVE_CAM_FROM_IVAS                            /* VA: basop issue 210: remove obsoelte CAM code from IVAS */
+#define FIX_2318_CLANG_DECODER                          /* VA: basop issue 2318: Initialize command-line parameter arg.non_diegetic_pan_gain_fx */
 #define OPT_BE_2311_HARM_GSC_GAIN                       /* VA: issue 2311: BE part of the GSC gain harmonization pipeline #70380 shows the BE */
 #define HARM_CORECODER_UPDT                             /* VA: basop issue 2342: Remove duplicated code in core-coder common update functions */
 #define HARM_CORE_SW                                    /* VA: basop issue 2314: Remove duplicated code in the core switching */