diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 57c086afb35424dee7a8ab0fb96606fb44bab42c..75eb46ce632726b5ecd600cdea87b0964fa3b2f5 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
 #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 */
+#define FIX_2285_CODE_DECODER_INIT_BW                   /* VA: basop issue 2285: fix core-decoder initialization bandwidth */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/init_dec.c b/lib_dec/init_dec.c
index f13748c54b2f6d5df47f9b9a06a42801c521867d..38f7429b6937e766a0000d995f53a0fbdec86ad9 100644
--- a/lib_dec/init_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/init_dec.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ ivas_error init_decoder(
     }
     else
     {
-#if 0 // keep deactivated for the moment to keep BE
+#ifdef FIX_2285_CODE_DECODER_INIT_BW
         st->bwidth = WB;
         st->last_bwidth = WB;
 #else