diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index dca6b05249b0aa76e55189f407cc141b1816002f..f4c5324d6324b8d28f4a4127abb38650bd57ae0e 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@
 #define NONBE_FIX_926_OSBA_DECODER_CRASH_PLANAR_SBA           /* FhG: issue 926: crash in OSBA decoding with planar FOA */
 #define NONBE_FIX_908_OSBA_BR_SWITCHING_CRASH                 /* FhG: issue 908: fix crash in OSBA BR switching with long test vectors */
 #define NONBE_FIX_BINAURAL_ROOM_IR_REVERBERATOR               /* FhG: re-enable acidentially disabled reverberator for BINAURAL_ROOM_IR */
-#define NONBE_FIX_907_VLBR_DIRAC_BAND_MAPPING                 /* Dlb: issue 907: fix for band mapping at VLBR */ 
+#define NONBE_FIX_907_VLBR_DIRAC_BAND_MAPPING                 /* Dlb: issue 907: fix for band mapping at VLBR */
+#define NONBE_FIX_869_MASA_PREREND_MERGE                      /* Nokia: issue: #869: MASA pre-rend not updating energy */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 
diff --git a/lib_rend/ivas_masa_merge.c b/lib_rend/ivas_masa_merge.c
index 434dca3fbf0ac939e8b848361377220259c989c2..4568363838b240cdd0907450b1d41ea52a1a7ddb 100644
--- a/lib_rend/ivas_masa_merge.c
+++ b/lib_rend/ivas_masa_merge.c
@@ -124,11 +124,19 @@ void copy_masa_descriptive_meta(
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 void diffuse_meta_merge_1x1(
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_869_MASA_PREREND_MERGE
+    MASA_DECODER_EXT_OUT_META_HANDLE outMeta,                         /* o  : Merged metadata output                   */
+    MASA_DECODER_EXT_OUT_META_HANDLE inMeta,                          /* i  : Input metadata 1                         */
+    float inEne[MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES][MASA_FREQUENCY_BANDS],   /* i/o: TF-energy of input 1. energy after merge */
+    MASA_DECODER_EXT_OUT_META_HANDLE inMetaISM,                       /* i  : Input metadata 2                         */
+    float inEneISM[MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES][MASA_FREQUENCY_BANDS] /* i  : TF-energy of input 2                     */
+#else
     MASA_DECODER_EXT_OUT_META_HANDLE outMeta,                         /* o  : Merged metadata output      */
     MASA_DECODER_EXT_OUT_META_HANDLE inMeta,                          /* i  : Input metadata 1            */
     float inEne[MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES][MASA_FREQUENCY_BANDS],   /* i  : TF-energy of input 1        */
     MASA_DECODER_EXT_OUT_META_HANDLE inMetaISM,                       /* i  : Input metadata 2            */
     float inEneISM[MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES][MASA_FREQUENCY_BANDS] /* i  : TF-energy of input 2        */
+#endif
 )
 {
     int8_t sf, band;
@@ -276,20 +284,41 @@ void full_stream_merge(
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 void ivas_prerend_merge_masa_metadata(
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_869_MASA_PREREND_MERGE
     MASA_DECODER_EXT_OUT_META_HANDLE outMeta,                        /* o  : Merged metadata output                                                        */
     MASA_DECODER_EXT_OUT_META_HANDLE inMeta1,                        /* i  : Input metadata 1                                                              */
     IVAS_REND_AudioConfigType inType1,                               /* i  : Type of input 1                                                               */
     float inEne1[MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES][MASA_FREQUENCY_BANDS], /* i/o: TF-energy of input 1. after merge, contains the energy of the merged signal   */
     MASA_DECODER_EXT_OUT_META_HANDLE inMeta2,                        /* i  : Input metadata 2                                                              */
     IVAS_REND_AudioConfigType inType2,                               /* i  : Type of input 2                                                               */
-    float inEne2[MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES][MASA_FREQUENCY_BANDS]  /* i  : TF-energy of input 2                                                          */
+    float inEne2[MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES][MASA_FREQUENCY_BANDS]  /* i  : TF-energy of input 2. may be altered                                          */
+#else
+    MASA_DECODER_EXT_OUT_META_HANDLE outMeta,                         /* o  : Merged metadata output                                                        */
+    MASA_DECODER_EXT_OUT_META_HANDLE inMeta1,                         /* i  : Input metadata 1                                                              */
+    IVAS_REND_AudioConfigType inType1,                                /* i  : Type of input 1                                                               */
+    float inEne1[MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES][MASA_FREQUENCY_BANDS],  /* i/o: TF-energy of input 1. after merge, contains the energy of the merged signal   */
+    MASA_DECODER_EXT_OUT_META_HANDLE inMeta2,                         /* i  : Input metadata 2                                                              */
+    IVAS_REND_AudioConfigType inType2,                                /* i  : Type of input 2                                                               */
+    float inEne2[MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES][MASA_FREQUENCY_BANDS]   /* i  : TF-energy of input 2                                                          */
+#endif
 )
 {
     /* mixing ISMs with non-ISM use different merge */
     if ( inType1 == IVAS_REND_AUDIO_CONFIG_TYPE_OBJECT_BASED && inType2 != IVAS_REND_AUDIO_CONFIG_TYPE_OBJECT_BASED && ( inMeta1->descriptiveMeta.numberOfDirections == 0u && inMeta2->descriptiveMeta.numberOfDirections == 0u ) )
     {
         /* meta_1 is ISM and both are 1dir */
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_869_MASA_PREREND_MERGE
+        int8_t sf;
+
+        diffuse_meta_merge_1x1( outMeta, inMeta2, inEne2, inMeta1, inEne1 ); /* post-merge energy is now in inEne2 and needs to be copied to inEne1 */
+
+        for ( sf = 0; sf < MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES; sf++ )
+        {
+            mvr2r( inEne2[sf], inEne1[sf], MASA_FREQUENCY_BANDS );
+        }
+#else
         diffuse_meta_merge_1x1( outMeta, inMeta2, inEne2, inMeta1, inEne1 );
+#endif
     }
     else if ( inType2 == IVAS_REND_AUDIO_CONFIG_TYPE_OBJECT_BASED && inType1 != IVAS_REND_AUDIO_CONFIG_TYPE_OBJECT_BASED && ( inMeta1->descriptiveMeta.numberOfDirections == 0u && inMeta2->descriptiveMeta.numberOfDirections == 0u ) )
     {