diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_ism_config.c b/lib_com/ivas_ism_config.c
index fc4be3127ec907a976eec67784f175d0b9fa9b16..75ef0a2ae7a789310abe5f3ec0fab03e0659ccb4 100644
--- a/lib_com/ivas_ism_config.c
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_ism_config.c
@@ -199,7 +199,11 @@ ivas_error ivas_ism_config(
         diff = 0;
         for ( ch = 0; ch < n_ISms; ch++ )
         {
+#ifdef FIX_ISM_INACTIVE_BITS
+            int16_t limit;
+#else
             int32_t limit;
+#endif
 
             limit = MIN_BRATE_SWB_BWE / FRMS_PER_SECOND;
             if ( element_brate[ch] < MIN_BRATE_SWB_STEREO ) /* replicate function set_bw() -> check the coded audio band-width */
@@ -219,12 +223,20 @@ ivas_error ivas_ism_config(
             else if ( ism_imp[ch] == ISM_LOW_IMP )
             {
                 tmp = (int16_t) ( BETA_ISM_LOW_IMP * bits_CoreCoder[ch] );
+#ifdef FIX_ISM_INACTIVE_BITS
+                tmp = max( limit, tmp );
+#else
                 tmp = (int16_t) max( limit, bits_CoreCoder[ch] - tmp );
+#endif
             }
             else if ( ism_imp[ch] == ISM_MEDIUM_IMP )
             {
                 tmp = (int16_t) ( BETA_ISM_MEDIUM_IMP * bits_CoreCoder[ch] );
+#ifdef FIX_ISM_INACTIVE_BITS
+                tmp = max( limit, tmp );
+#else
                 tmp = (int16_t) max( limit, bits_CoreCoder[ch] - tmp );
+#endif
             }
             else /* ism_imp[ch] == ISM_HIGH_IMP */
             {
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index e53bac6a6f78546fa901f225b7143aa8f9aaabe0..9c71abfd9040c6a17014a88ea51a77c815e26266 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -175,8 +175,9 @@
 #define FIX_GET_DELAY_RETURN                            /* Issue 223: change return data type in function get_delay() */
 #define NTT_REDUC_COMP_POC                              /* NTT Contribution 10: Complexity reduction of phase spectrum in stereo downmix*/
 #define FIX_ISM_DECODER_PRINTOUT                        /* Issue 229: fix ISM decoder printout */
-#define FIX_ITD_CNG                                     /* Eri: Fix for CNG ITD */
+#define FIX_ITD_CNG                                     /* Eri Contribution 11: Fix for CNG ITD */
 #define FIX_VBR_COMPLEXITY                              /* Issue 234: fix extremely high complexity numbers for IVAS EVS mode */
+#define FIX_ISM_INACTIVE_BITS                           /* Issue 230: fix bitbudget distribution in inactive frames in ISM format */
 
 
 
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c
index 60550bca0b304dd2d049ba5f8e1bdf4506567852..c4fcd2dee7d3af543431257faa591a6c0421bf75 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c
@@ -105,6 +105,20 @@ static void rate_ism_importance(
     {
         ctype = hSCE[ch]->hCoreCoder[0]->coder_type_raw;
 
+#ifdef FIX_ISM_INACTIVE_BITS
+        if ( hSCE[ch]->hCoreCoder[0]->tcxonly )
+        {
+            if ( hSCE[ch]->hCoreCoder[0]->localVAD == 0 )
+            {
+                ctype = INACTIVE;
+            }
+            else if ( ctype == UNVOICED )
+            {
+                ctype = GENERIC;
+            }
+        }
+#endif
+
         if ( hIsmMeta[ch]->ism_metadata_flag == 0 )
         {
             ism_imp[ch] = ISM_NO_META;