diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 9ce33d497451049e7dbee57598e3a596b0c93473..32c6745599b3e8d28b5f743af27451148d8b4acf 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
 #define FIX_FLOAT_1578_OMASA_REND_SPIKES                /* Nokia: Float issue 1578: Fix spikes and collapsed perception in OMASA/MASA rendering to FOA/HOA */
 #define FIX_1521_SBA_LOUDNESS_STEREO                    /* FhG: issue 1521: Fix loudness for SBA to stereo rendering */
 #define FIX_1559                                        /* Eri/FhG: fix for Issue 1559 in FD CNG with bitrate/bw switching */
+#define FIX_BASOP_2519_TCA_LA_ZERO_EXP                  /* FhG: BASOP #2519: Exclude zero samples from exp_com calculation in tcaTargetCh_LA_fx */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_ica_enc_fx.c b/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_ica_enc_fx.c
index 234652072aafb5da36bdc5e843e522bd6928ad00..0263267f7afc9318cfad8b947bb8bee26a967d7f 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_ica_enc_fx.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_ica_enc_fx.c
@@ -171,7 +171,14 @@ static void tcaTargetCh_LA_fx(
         move32();
         target_exp_temp[i + currentNCShift] = temp;
         move16();
+#ifdef FIX_BASOP_2519_TCA_LA_ZERO_EXP
+        IF( NE_32( target[i + currentNCShift], 0 ) )
+        {
+            exp_com = s_max( exp_com, temp );
+        }
+#else
         exp_com = s_max( exp_com, temp );
+#endif
     }
 
     FOR( ; i < input_frame; i++ )
@@ -180,7 +187,14 @@ static void tcaTargetCh_LA_fx(
         move32();
         target_exp_temp[i + currentNCShift] = add( gAdj_exp, ref_exp );
         move16();
+#ifdef FIX_BASOP_2519_TCA_LA_ZERO_EXP
+        IF( NE_32( target[i + currentNCShift], 0 ) )
+        {
+            exp_com = s_max( exp_com, target_exp_temp[i + currentNCShift] );
+        }
+#else
         exp_com = s_max( exp_com, target_exp_temp[i + currentNCShift] );
+#endif
     }
 
     FOR( i = 0; i < input_frame + currentNCShift; i++ )