diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 5dca1a6a4a36781e06864446ccb936205bc6ec6d..208ca7b72508eded11569ead998020c559429aea 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
 #define HARM_COREDECODER_FUNCTIONS                      /* VA: basop issue 2347: Remove various duplicated code in core-decoder  */
 #define FIX_BASOP_2351_EXTREND_SCALE                    /* FhG: basop issue 2351: Only scale initialized samples in renderer, related to 2326 */
 #define FIX_2331_CLANG18_MSAN_UNINIT_VARIABLE           /* FhG: Fix issue 2331: Uninitialized variable */
+#define FIX_2362_TOTAL_BRATE_CALCULATION                /* FhG: basop issue 2362: fix calculation of st->total_brate in ivas_cpe_enc_fx() */
 
 /* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
 
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_cpe_enc_fx.c b/lib_enc/ivas_cpe_enc_fx.c
index ca73c275259dbfc7eb07c5c977f628a9730b34ca..6e7455d638a3ce3a16aef14950e5274e80ce177c 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_cpe_enc_fx.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_cpe_enc_fx.c
@@ -630,7 +630,17 @@ ivas_error ivas_cpe_enc_fx(
             {
                 sts[n]->bits_frame_nominal = extract_l( Mpy_32_32_r( hCPE->element_brate, ONE_BY_FRAMES_PER_SEC_Q31 ) );                             /* Q0 */
                 sts[n]->bits_frame_channel = idiv1616( extract_l( Mpy_32_32_r( hCPE->element_brate, ONE_BY_FRAMES_PER_SEC_Q31 ) ), n_CoreChannels ); /* Q0 */
-                sts[n]->total_brate = L_shl( div_l( hCPE->element_brate, n_CoreChannels ), 1 );                                                      /* Q0 */
+#ifdef FIX_2362_TOTAL_BRATE_CALCULATION
+                /* sts[n]->total_brate = hCPE->element_brate / n_CoreChannels; */
+                assert( n_CoreChannels == 1 || n_CoreChannels == 2 );
+                sts[n]->total_brate = hCPE->element_brate;
+                if ( n_CoreChannels == 2 )
+                {
+                    sts[n]->total_brate = L_shr( hCPE->element_brate, 1 );
+                }
+#else
+                sts[n]->total_brate = L_shl( div_l( hCPE->element_brate, n_CoreChannels ), 1 );                                                                                       /* Q0 */
+#endif
                 move32();
                 move16();
                 move16();