diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_enc_cov_handler.c b/lib_enc/ivas_enc_cov_handler.c
index 7f08778781cb9a3d5d14867f087b6751b8aaa312..f736f86ead427a01ecc7b3dddf617804471a79fc 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_enc_cov_handler.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_enc_cov_handler.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static void ivas_band_cov_fx(
                 pV_re[k] = W_extract_l( W_shl_nosat( pV_re_64bit[k], sub( q_shift, 32 ) ) ); //(q_In_FR[i1] + q_In_FR[j1]) + (q_shift - 32)
                 move32();
                 /* perform rounding towards lower value for negative results */
-                IF( pV_re[k] < 0 )
+                if ( pV_re[k] < 0 )
                 {
                     pV_re[k] = L_add( pV_re[k], 1 );
                 }