diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 96f7e047406befd221c8cac73daefcb6c376234a..5e2938d7605e379309c511360c5ade3db2eb0aae 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define FIX_264_AUDIO_CHANNELS_TO_HEAP                  /* VA: issue 243: Move audio channels memory from stack to heap */
+#define FIX_691_OSBA_CRASH                              /* FhG: Fix for issue 691: Crash for OSBA Stereo out */
 
 
 /* ################## End BE DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_init_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_init_dec.c
index 9ce01b493e4d39f8dd8c425fa9c2b0c11e8c0d86..dc62b1470ff50a2c6854aaddb7699e93fc0df747 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_init_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_init_dec.c
@@ -1532,6 +1532,20 @@ ivas_error ivas_init_decoder(
             }
         }
 
+#ifdef FIX_691_OSBA_CRASH
+        /* create CPE element for DFT Stereo like upmix */
+        if ( st_ivas->sba_dirac_stereo_flag && st_ivas->nCPE == 0 )
+        {
+            if ( ( error = create_cpe_dec( st_ivas, cpe_id, ivas_total_brate / ( st_ivas->nSCE + st_ivas->nCPE ) ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )
+            {
+                return error;
+            }
+
+            st_ivas->hCPE[0]->hCoreCoder[0] = st_ivas->hSCE[0]->hCoreCoder[0]; /* don't allocate unnecessary core coder, simply point to core coder of SCE element */
+            st_ivas->hCPE[0]->hCoreCoder[1] = NULL;
+        }
+#endif
+
 #ifdef OSBA_BR_SWITCHING
         if ( st_ivas->ism_mode == ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC )
         {