diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 5b8ab37e69c1472de222c1fda5c0f98957afd9f6..c823c9c7925d35a5e2ee8b9f173380edf7268443 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 #define FIX_401_DIRAC_RENDERER_META_READ_INDICES        /* Nokia: Issue 401: Fix metadata reading indices in DirAC renderer. */
 #define FIX_406_IVAS_POSITION                           /* Eri: Issue 406: Unify IVAS_POSITION to use IVAS_VECTOR3 instead */
 #define REND_DEBUGGING_REVISION                         /* VA: encapsulate rendering debugging options with DEBUGGING */
-
+#define FIX_419_ISM_MD_FIX                              /* VA: Issue 419: fix the upper value limitation for parameter angle1_diff_cnt */
 
 
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c
index d34479ad2dfe3ea691a743bc24567febbae7fd06..cfc66766836dea568ab98b5509890c4f3b698ad2 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_ism_metadata_enc.c
@@ -850,7 +850,11 @@ static void encode_angle_indices(
     if ( *flag_abs_angle1 == 0 )
     {
         angle->angle1_diff_cnt++;
+#ifdef FIX_419_ISM_MD_FIX
+        angle->angle1_diff_cnt = min( angle->angle1_diff_cnt, ISM_FEC_MAX );
+#else
         angle->angle2_diff_cnt = min( angle->angle2_diff_cnt, ISM_FEC_MAX );
+#endif
     }
     else
     {