diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index bc6458d295bb9ed29e0f0cb866d74d3172401c88..05854cd8c906fc812c7b8d1bd479b939cb9b6140 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@
 
 
 #define FIX_485_STATIC_BUFFERS                          /* FhG: move static buffers in DirAC parameter estimator to the DirAC struct */
+#define FIX_I503_ASAN_ERROR_IND_LIST                    /* VA: fix issue #503: address sanitizer error with IND_LIST_DYN */
 
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
 /* clang-format on */
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_qmetadata_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_qmetadata_enc.c
index 40d5bff892bbe423454478a822e67b0cf968be98..3bbf084a7edcb03b488ea466a81f44a9dcbae1d6 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_qmetadata_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_qmetadata_enc.c
@@ -2222,7 +2222,11 @@ void restore_metadata_buffer(
     int16_t i;
 
 #ifdef IND_LIST_DYN
+#ifdef FIX_I503_ASAN_ERROR_IND_LIST
+    for ( i = next_ind_start; i < hMetaData->nb_ind_tot; i++ )
+#else
     for ( i = next_ind_start; i <= hMetaData->nb_ind_tot; i++ )
+#endif
 #else
     for ( i = next_ind_start; i <= hMetaData->next_ind; i++ )
 #endif