diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index fb505d58f481299bb6523091c5fb389dfbd5ef51..57c086afb35424dee7a8ab0fb96606fb44bab42c 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
 #define FIX_1454_FIX_STEREO_TO_FOA_JBM                  /* VA: issue 1454: fix buggy stereo to FOA in JBM */
 #define FIX_1461_CNG_BW_SWITCHING                       /* Eri: issue 1461: Stereo parameters are not updated when SID/NODATA forces BW to stay the same */
 #define FIX_2252_LP_CNG_STARTS_SID                      /* VA: issues 2251 and 2252: fix LP CNG uninitialized value in bitstream that starts with an SID */
+#define FIX_1381_BWD                                    /* VA: issue 1381: apply no hysteresis in BWD at higher bitrates also in mono MASA and OMASA */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 
diff --git a/lib_enc/bw_detect.c b/lib_enc/bw_detect.c
index 6a08b04d213b1a6440a57c579ca08a3bbb725a81..f5a404a9207410afd9427586d63a724ea31cad4e 100644
--- a/lib_enc/bw_detect.c
+++ b/lib_enc/bw_detect.c
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 #define BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_MDCT IVAS_48k
+#ifdef FIX_1381_BWD
+#define BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_MASA IVAS_48k
+#endif
 #define BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_ISM  IVAS_32k
 #define BWD_MAX_BRATE_WIDER_BW_MDCT IVAS_80k
 #define BWD_MAX_BRATE_WIDER_BW_ISM  IVAS_64k
@@ -92,7 +95,12 @@ void bw_detect(
 
     bwd_count_wider_bw = BWD_COUNT_WIDER_BW;
     if ( st->ini_frame > 0 && ( ( st->element_mode == IVAS_CPE_MDCT && ( st->element_brate >= BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_MDCT || mct_on ) ) ||
+#ifdef FIX_1381_BWD
+                                ( st->is_ism_format && st->element_brate >= BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_ISM ) ||
+                                ( ivas_format == MASA_FORMAT && st->element_brate >= BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_MASA ) ) )
+#else
                                 ( ivas_format == ISM_FORMAT && st->element_brate >= BWD_MIN_BRATE_WIDER_BW_ISM ) ) )
+#endif
     {
         bwd_count_wider_bw = BWD_COUNT_WIDER_BW_MDCT;
     }