diff --git a/lib_enc/core_enc_init_fx.c b/lib_enc/core_enc_init_fx.c
index 64434f7fe5831b7767262beb3bb4da2744f5b7a3..84f0daf2436011586d9ef48451ca6224bde418d5 100644
--- a/lib_enc/core_enc_init_fx.c
+++ b/lib_enc/core_enc_init_fx.c
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ void init_coder_ace_plus_ivas_fx(
         move16();
 #ifdef HARMONIZE_2567_init_functions
         /* TODO mul: check, why in BASOP we can't reset st->hIGFEnc->infoTotalBitsPerFrameWritten w/o affecting bit-exactness */
-        if ( GT_16( st->element_mode, EVS_MONO ) )
+        //if ( GT_16( st->element_mode, EVS_MONO ) )
         {
 #endif
             st->hIGFEnc->infoTotalBitsPerFrameWritten = 0;