diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 83481715bb6c0dbdf693a708ae618fd17e2e5c35..5151a4a5dc2696d715a9819edba77e59667875e6 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
 #define NONBE_FIX_861_MASA_CRASH_STEREO_SWITCHING             /* VA: issue 861: fix MASA 2TC crash when switching from MDCT stereo to TD/DFT stereo */
 #define BE_FIX_867_PARAMC_RECONFIG                            /* FhG: issue #867: fix ParamMC CLDFB buffer dealloc when reconfiguring */
 #define NONBE_FIX_850_MASA_HBR_META_RATIO_DECODING            /* Nokia: issue #850: Fixes rare non-valid diffuseness and energy ratio values in 2dir MASA. */
+#define NONBE_877_OMASA_RESET_BRATE_SURPLUS                   /* VA: Add missing reset of parameter hCPE->brate_surplus in OMASA decoder */
 
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_masa_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_masa_dec.c
index a160275ea96358f2132e79d2f868d75799107005..2ea90fa915f9018c43b1d102c852ce026625702c 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_masa_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_masa_dec.c
@@ -1456,6 +1456,13 @@ ivas_error ivas_masa_dec_reconfigure(
     {
         st_ivas->nchan_ism = 0;
         st_ivas->ism_mode = ISM_MODE_NONE;
+
+#ifdef NONBE_877_OMASA_RESET_BRATE_SURPLUS
+        if ( st_ivas->hCPE[0] != NULL )
+        {
+            st_ivas->hCPE[0]->brate_surplus = 0;
+        }
+#endif
     }
 
 #ifndef NONBE_UNIFIED_DECODING_PATHS