diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 52be917c0d2a702f2fcafec2c9cc8c7a3519a381..bba060fc89079e7e784c185b1780bafbbef1bad6 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
 #define FIX_2495_Q_ALIGN_OSBA_RENDERER                  /* FhG: Basop issue #2495: Corrected exponent scaling of outAudio.data_fx before buffer accumulation in renderSbaToBinaural(). */
 #define FIX_BASOP_2511_PROTO_REF_POWER_FIX              /* FhG: BASOP 2511; Fix reference power computation in protoSignalComputation_shd_fx() */
 #define FIX_BASOP_2512_WRONG_SHIFT_IN_DIRAC_CONFIG      /* Nokia: BASOP 2512: Fix wrong division by shift */
+#define FIX_BASOP_2513_EXTRA_RETURN_REND_OPEN           /* Nokia: BASOP issue 2513: Removes extra return block */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 
diff --git a/lib_rend/lib_rend_fx.c b/lib_rend/lib_rend_fx.c
index 3c2b545f9c888c9245201af559653befaf6390b7..937824d8c9661704ceaa193f111034de71ebf5bb 100644
--- a/lib_rend/lib_rend_fx.c
+++ b/lib_rend/lib_rend_fx.c
@@ -4028,9 +4028,11 @@ ivas_error IVAS_REND_Open(
                 return error;
             }
         }
+#ifndef FIX_BASOP_2513_EXTRA_RETURN_REND_OPEN
         {
             return error;
         }
+#endif
     }
 
     return IVAS_ERR_OK;