diff --git a/lib_com/fd_cng_com_fx.c b/lib_com/fd_cng_com_fx.c
index 630eca54b23f81894cd19438e80bf37bb74c9f4e..0120c48dcbb4cf6d7c3187b9ac7dd778381c91bb 100644
--- a/lib_com/fd_cng_com_fx.c
+++ b/lib_com/fd_cng_com_fx.c
@@ -363,6 +363,62 @@ void expand_range(
 
 }
 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * expand_range_var_e()
+ *
+ * Apply some dynamic range expansion to undo the compression. Similar
+ * to expand_range but has variable input exponent.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void expand_range_var_exp(
+    Word16 *in,
+    Word16 in_exp,
+    Word32 *out,
+    Word16 *out_exp,
+    const Word16 len )
+{
+    Word16 i, tmp_e;
+    Word32 tmp32;
+    Word16 maxVal, maxOutExp;
+
+    const Word32 low_lim = 726940; /* 0.0003385080526823181f in Q31 */
+    move32();
+
+    /* Find max possible output exponent. */
+    maxVal = 0;
+    move16();
+    FOR( i = 0; i < len; i++ )
+    {
+        maxVal = s_max( maxVal, in[i] );
+    }
+    tmp32 = BASOP_util_Pow2( L_deposit_h( maxVal ), in_exp, &tmp_e );
+    maxOutExp = tmp_e;
+    move16();
+
+    /* out = (2^(in) - 1) */
+    FOR( i = 0; i < len; i++ )
+    {
+        tmp32 = BASOP_util_Pow2( L_deposit_h( in[i] ), in_exp, &tmp_e ); // 2^x
+        tmp32 = L_sub( tmp32, L_shl( 1, sub( 31, tmp_e ) ) ); // 2^x - 1
+        tmp32 = L_shr( tmp32, sub( maxOutExp, tmp_e ) ); // make exp same as maxExpOut
+
+        out[i] = tmp32;
+        move32();
+
+        Word32 tmp_low_lim = L_shr( low_lim, maxOutExp );
+        IF( LT_32( out[i], tmp_low_lim ) )
+        {
+            out[i] = tmp_low_lim;
+            move32();
+        }
+    }
+
+    *out_exp = maxOutExp;
+    move16();
+
+    return;
+}
+
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------
  * minimum_statistics()
  *
diff --git a/lib_com/prot_fx2.h b/lib_com/prot_fx2.h
index 092a2e9963cd7c250a9c9979a3ed46a9fa60c6c6..e2de993c3149caba4ebb1c53f7d24c246f13c384 100644
--- a/lib_com/prot_fx2.h
+++ b/lib_com/prot_fx2.h
@@ -4417,6 +4417,14 @@ void expand_range(
   const Word16  len
 );
 
+void expand_range_var_exp(
+    Word16 *in,
+    Word16 in_exp,
+    Word32 *out,
+    Word16 *out_exp,
+    const Word16 len
+);
+
 void minimum_statistics(Word16  len,                    /* i  : Total number of partitions (CLDFB or FFT)                   */
   Word16  lenFFT,                 /* i  : Number of FFT partitions                                  */
   Word16 *psize,                  /* i  : Partition sizes, fractional                               */
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_tcx_core_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_tcx_core_dec.c
index 796b38176845596761aeeea1bc5c178851389ce4..660b70d6812bcee8f9d13c86ea53294f2febf479 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_tcx_core_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_tcx_core_dec.c
@@ -753,18 +753,15 @@ void stereo_tcx_core_dec(
                 }
 #ifdef IVAS_FLOAT_FIXED
                 Word16 msPsd_fx[NPART_SHAPING];
+                Word16 msPsd_e;
                 Word32 psd_part_fx[NPART_SHAPING];
-                Word16 psd_part_q;
-                for (int ii = 0; ii < st->hFdCngDec->nFFTpart_shaping; ii++)
-                {
-                    msPsd_fx[ii] = (Word16)(st->hFdCngDec->msPsd_float[ii] * pow(2, Q9));
-                }
-                expand_range(msPsd_fx, psd_part_fx, &psd_part_q, st->hFdCngDec->nFFTpart_shaping);
-                for (int ii = 0; ii < st->hFdCngDec->nFFTpart_shaping; ii++)
-                {
-                    /* converting back to float */
-                    st->hFdCngDec->msPsd_float[ii] = (float)(psd_part_fx[ii] * pow(2, psd_part_q - 31));
-                }
+                Word16 psd_part_e;
+
+                f2me_buf_16(st->hFdCngDec->msPsd_float, msPsd_fx, &msPsd_e, st->hFdCngDec->nFFTpart_shaping);
+
+                expand_range_var_exp(msPsd_fx, msPsd_e, psd_part_fx, &psd_part_e, st->hFdCngDec->nFFTpart_shaping);
+
+                me2f_buf(psd_part_fx, psd_part_e, psd_part, st->hFdCngDec->nFFTpart_shaping);
 #else
                 expand_range_flt( st->hFdCngDec->msPsd_float, psd_part, st->hFdCngDec->nFFTpart_shaping );
 #endif