diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index f5785f099801cbe1b78e4c0941e0117ede314c07..5990027cb70d0be81a7c9681dc2522e4ef640d42 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -80,4 +80,5 @@
 #define SIMPLIFY_CODE_BE   // Simplify synthesis loop
 #define CR_2109_to_2112_cd0_ce0  /* This is related to the CRs include in the 26.444 package of 21-12. Concerns lead_deindexing and  */
 #define FIX_QMETADATA_PENALTY /* Nokia: transform penalty calculation in qmetadata into integer operations */
+#define FIX_1013_CRASH_HQ_CORE_DEC /* Ittiam: Saturation added on the lines of EVS */
 #endif
diff --git a/lib_com/trans_inv_fx.c b/lib_com/trans_inv_fx.c
index 5c41122fbdd79b81775ad846957056822ea95d67..24e87c5a6750ff4fd494fffe9865d3e16f3bace9 100644
--- a/lib_com/trans_inv_fx.c
+++ b/lib_com/trans_inv_fx.c
@@ -531,7 +531,11 @@ void preecho_sb_fx(
                         tmp_fx1 = norm_l( es_mdct_fx[i] );
                         tmp_fxL1 = L_shl( es_mdct_fx[i], tmp_fx1 );
                         tmp_fxL2 = L_shl( mean_prev_fx_loc, tmp_fx1 );
+#ifdef FIX_1013_CRASH_HQ_CORE_DEC
+                        tmp_fx1 = round_fx_sat( tmp_fxL1 );
+#else
                         tmp_fx1 = round_fx( tmp_fxL1 );
+#endif
                         tmp_fx2 = round_fx( tmp_fxL2 );
                         tmp_fx3 = div_s( tmp_fx2, tmp_fx1 );
                         min_g_fx[i] = Frac_sqrt( tmp_fx3 );