diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 532d57e4e56feb6033015680ad3e82c692d3fd9a..a52fc2886ddbecce3119d5e6c8df2b47f50210fb 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
 #define FIX_BASOP_2357_OBJECT_EDIT_MSAN                 /* Nokia: basop issue 2357: initialize missing exponents in object edit */
 #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 */
 
 /* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec_fx.c b/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec_fx.c
index ea889cc7b3898452cb4d09bfa97c5b9f5d44d99d..70b4b645c47202fa83b0762157ed76515794d22a 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec_fx.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec_fx.c
@@ -3142,6 +3142,9 @@ static void ivas_param_mc_dequantize_cov_fx(
     const PARAM_MC_ILD_MAPPING *h_ild_mapping;
     Word32 Cy_state_int_fx[MAX_OUTPUT_CHANNELS * MAX_OUTPUT_CHANNELS];
     Word16 Cy_state_int_e[MAX_OUTPUT_CHANNELS * MAX_OUTPUT_CHANNELS];
+#ifdef FIX_2384_INIT_DEQUANT_COV
+    Word16 nY_norm;
+#endif
 
     set16_fx( Cp_buf_e, Cproto_e, MAX_OUTPUT_CHANNELS * MAX_OUTPUT_CHANNELS );
     set32_fx( Nrqq_fx, 0, MAX_OUTPUT_CHANNELS );
@@ -3395,22 +3398,38 @@ static void ivas_param_mc_dequantize_cov_fx(
                 Cyp_e += nY_cov;
             }
         }
+#ifdef FIX_2384_INIT_DEQUANT_COV
+        nY_norm = nY_cov;
+        move16();
+#endif
     }
     ELSE
     {
         Copy32( Cy_state_int_fx, Cy_state_fx, imult1616( nY_int, nY_int ) );
         Copy( Cy_state_int_e, Cy_buf_e, imult1616( nY_int, nY_int ) );
+#ifdef FIX_2384_INIT_DEQUANT_COV
+        nY_norm = nY_int;
+        move16();
+#endif
     }
 
     /*normalize output matrix to a common exponent*/
     tmp = 0;
+#ifdef FIX_2384_INIT_DEQUANT_COV
+    FOR( k = 0; k < nY_norm * nY_norm; k++ )
+#else
     FOR( k = 0; k < nY_int * nY_int; k++ )
+#endif
     {
         Cy_state_fx[k] = BASOP_Util_Add_Mant32Exp( Cy_state_fx[k], Cy_buf_e[k], 0, 0, &Cy_buf_e[k] );
         move32();
         tmp = s_max( tmp, Cy_buf_e[k] );
     }
+#ifdef FIX_2384_INIT_DEQUANT_COV
+    FOR( k = 0; k < nY_norm * nY_norm; k++ )
+#else
     FOR( k = 0; k < nY_int * nY_int; k++ )
+#endif
     {
         L_tmp = L_shr( Cy_state_fx[k], sub( tmp, Cy_buf_e[k] ) );
         Cy_state_fx[k] = L_tmp;