diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index dadd57e9bd4738000b3e12f1a2be3f8cb9012880..9ca32b4b3fd70708afe1fbe1445478201ec13553 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
 #define FIX_730_DPID_NOT_SET_CORRECTLY                  /* Eri: issue 730: write dpid read from file in correct index, print informative error message when DPID specified is not found. */
 
 #define FIX_RAM_COUNTING_5MS_RENDERING                  /* FhG: fix for correct RAM reporting with 5ms rendering */
+#define FIX_786_ERROR_ISM_METADATA_READ                 /* VA: fix error reading past the last line of .csv metadata files */
 
 /* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
 
diff --git a/lib_util/ism_file_reader.c b/lib_util/ism_file_reader.c
index da47911d4c06896d1df2fbfde1798dd8b3a318a9..cd343957dbebd9c45e387cc2831af045909306f0 100644
--- a/lib_util/ism_file_reader.c
+++ b/lib_util/ism_file_reader.c
@@ -113,6 +113,19 @@ ivas_error IsmFileReader_readNextFrame(
 
     file = self->file;
 
+#ifdef FIX_786_ERROR_ISM_METADATA_READ
+    while ( fgets( char_buff, META_LINE_LENGTH, file ) == NULL )
+    {
+        if ( feof( self->file ) )
+        {
+            rewind( self->file );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return IVAS_ERR_FAILED_FILE_READ;
+        }
+    }
+#else
     while ( feof( self->file ) )
     {
         rewind( self->file );
@@ -122,6 +135,7 @@ ivas_error IsmFileReader_readNextFrame(
     {
         return IVAS_ERR_FAILED_FILE_READ;
     }
+#endif
 
     char_ptr = strtok( char_buff, "," );
     i = 0;