diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_dft_enc_itd.c b/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_dft_enc_itd.c
index 46edff2f22e832e21f2a7a3c30bb4f9c2861fb08..2cfa1b79a9fe14016492c758fe11f27af0f15c3d 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_dft_enc_itd.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_dft_enc_itd.c
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static int16_t stereo_dft_enc_itd_vad(
 #ifdef FIX_828_PORT_1152_FROM_FLT_REPO
     /* Spd is later only used starting at itd_vad_band_tbl[0], so only compute values starting from there */
     /* -> this avoids uninitialized values in Spd_L and Spd_R at index 0 to be used */
-    for ( i = itd_vad_band_tbl[0]; i <= STEREO_DFT_N_16k_ENC / 2; i++ )
+    for ( i = itd_vad_band_tbl[0]; i < STEREO_DFT_N_16k_ENC / 2; i++ )
 #else
     for ( i = 0; i <= STEREO_DFT_N_16k_ENC / 2; i++ )
 #endif