diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index a52fc2886ddbecce3119d5e6c8df2b47f50210fb..73dfe0939069a27443301d6413b3b75c95593760 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 #define FIX_BASOP_2354_MSAN_DIFF_Q_VALUE                /* Nokia: Initialize Q value of diffuseness in rendering to Q30 */
 #define FIX_2371_REMOVE_UNUSED_ISAR_FCNS                /* Dolby: basop issue 2371: remove unused ISAR-related functions */      
 #define FIX_2384_INIT_DEQUANT_COV                       /* FhG: basop issue 2384: only read initialized values from Cy_buf_e[k] in ivas_param_mc_dequantize_cov_fx() during renormalization */
+#define FIX_2383_INIT_Q_A_ITF                           /* FhG: Initialize Q_A_itf, to avoid reading of uninitialized memory in case ITF is not triggered */
 
 /* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/dec_tcx_fx.c b/lib_dec/dec_tcx_fx.c
index e48affb21e485fab77f1dd9d345e1a278c645ce9..ed170d5982cf679da5651bb1eb9ef3adc4683609 100644
--- a/lib_dec/dec_tcx_fx.c
+++ b/lib_dec/dec_tcx_fx.c
@@ -1075,6 +1075,10 @@ void decoder_tcx_fx(
             Word16 predictionGain; /* not counted */
             predictionGain = 0;
             move16();
+#ifdef FIX_2383_INIT_Q_A_ITF
+            Q_A_itf = 15;
+            move16();
+#endif
 
             FOR( j = startLine; j < endLine; j++ )
             {