diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
index b964b4ed8b05dd3977cf96687376e954e52d80cb..e392436ba7a53ccc379d6ff56afd8c6a336a3daa 100755
--- a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
@@ -5079,7 +5079,8 @@ void ivas_copy_band_coeffs_idx_to_arr(
 
 void ivas_clear_band_coeffs( 
     ivas_band_coeffs_t *pband_coeffs, 
-    const uint16_t num_bands 
+    const uint16_t num_bands,
+    const uint16_t num_ts
 );
 
 void ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( 
diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_spar_com_quant_util.c b/lib_com/ivas_spar_com_quant_util.c
index 0b172c0aa07b5e441a4b588eebafd5bca7092131..7e7aa4c0842370ca7002f39b6d72922aae1c69de 100644
--- a/lib_com/ivas_spar_com_quant_util.c
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_spar_com_quant_util.c
@@ -293,19 +293,23 @@ void ivas_copy_band_coeffs_idx_to_arr(
 
 void ivas_clear_band_coeffs(
     ivas_band_coeffs_t *pband_coeffs,
-    const uint16_t num_bands )
+    const uint16_t num_bands,
+    const uint16_t num_ts )
 {
-    uint16_t i;
+    uint16_t i, j;
 
-    for ( i = 0; i < num_bands; i++ )
+    for ( j = 0; j < num_ts; j++ )
     {
-        set_zero( (float *) pband_coeffs[i].C_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS ) * ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS - 1 ) );
-        set_zero( (float *) pband_coeffs[i].P_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - 1 ) );
-        set_zero( (float *) pband_coeffs[i].C_quant_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS ) * ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS - 1 ) );
-        set_zero( (float *) pband_coeffs[i].P_quant_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - 1 ) );
-        set_zero( pband_coeffs[i].pred_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - 1 ) );
+        for ( i = 0; i < num_bands; i++ )
+        {
+            set_zero( (float *) pband_coeffs[i + j * num_bands].C_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS ) * ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS - 1 ) );
+            set_zero( (float *) pband_coeffs[i + j * num_bands].P_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - 1 ) );
+            set_zero( (float *) pband_coeffs[i + j * num_bands].C_quant_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS ) * ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_DMX_CHS - 1 ) );
+            set_zero( (float *) pband_coeffs[i + j * num_bands].P_quant_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - 1 ) );
+            set_zero( pband_coeffs[i + j * num_bands].pred_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - 1 ) );
 
-        set_zero( pband_coeffs[i].pred_quant_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - 1 ) );
+            set_zero( pband_coeffs[i + j * num_bands].pred_quant_re, ( IVAS_SPAR_MAX_CH - 1 ) );
+        }
     }
 
     return;
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_spar_md_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_spar_md_dec.c
index 80851af85b4f5f7489ebfab2a0fde5ac33bd6579..5796b4859623ee702c783891401292ae2bf9ad63 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_spar_md_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_spar_md_dec.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ ivas_error ivas_spar_md_dec_init(
 )
 {
     int16_t i, j;
-    int16_t nchan_transport;
+    int16_t nchan_transport, num_md_sub_frames;
     float pFC[IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS], PR_minmax[2];
 
     ivas_sba_get_spar_hoa_md_flag( sba_order, hDecoderConfig->ivas_total_brate, &hMdDec->spar_hoa_md_flag, &hMdDec->spar_hoa_dirac2spar_md_flag );
@@ -541,7 +541,9 @@ ivas_error ivas_spar_md_dec_init(
     hMdDec->spar_plc_enable_fadeout_flag = 1;
     hMdDec->dtx_md_smoothing_cntr = 1;
 
-    ivas_clear_band_coeffs( hMdDec->spar_md.band_coeffs, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
+    num_md_sub_frames = ivas_get_spar_dec_md_num_subframes( sba_order, hDecoderConfig->ivas_total_brate, hDecoderConfig->ivas_total_brate );
+
+    ivas_clear_band_coeffs( hMdDec->spar_md.band_coeffs, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS, num_md_sub_frames );
     ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( hMdDec->spar_md.band_coeffs_idx, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
     ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( hMdDec->spar_md_prev.band_coeffs_idx, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
     ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( hMdDec->spar_md_prev.band_coeffs_idx_mapped, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_spar_md_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_spar_md_enc.c
index 94ae5e0b1b391a509d54c5f351a8472f94d1381b..93dc7daf0a14ac706ef24625cc319bd222d6716a 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_spar_md_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_spar_md_enc.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ ivas_error ivas_spar_md_enc_init(
         }
     }
 
-    ivas_clear_band_coeffs( hMdEnc->spar_md.band_coeffs, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
+    ivas_clear_band_coeffs( hMdEnc->spar_md.band_coeffs, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS, 1 );
     ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( hMdEnc->spar_md.band_coeffs_idx, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
     ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( hMdEnc->spar_md_prior.band_coeffs_idx, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );
     ivas_clear_band_coeff_idx( hMdEnc->spar_md_prior.band_coeffs_idx_mapped, IVAS_MAX_NUM_BANDS );