diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 1a8d9f114c2381933325699c8c5bcf09f104e7a5..53f46102a6d24bb1909aac1b69592b3e460ba21d 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@
 #define FIX_1053_REVERB_RECONFIGURATION                 /* Philips: issue 1053: fix for dynamic switching of acoustic environment */
 #define CONF_DISTATT                                    /* Eri: Make distance attenuation configurable */
 
+#define FIX_1068_ASAN_IN_MC_2_BINAURAL_ROOM_IR          /* issue 1068 : Memory leak in MC to BINAURAL_ROOM decoding with bitrate switching*/
+
 /* #################### End BASOP porting switches ############################ */
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_mct_dec_fx.c b/lib_dec/ivas_mct_dec_fx.c
index cb9e372680112ade1e7a6520b61381835066f674..a27e8b3ead66181848ae282d85854ac3c357ccf7 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_mct_dec_fx.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_mct_dec_fx.c
@@ -1425,6 +1425,13 @@ static ivas_error ivas_mc_dec_reconfig_fx(
             IF( st_ivas->hBinRenderer != NULL && ( NE_16( st_ivas->renderer_type, RENDERER_BINAURAL_FASTCONV ) && NE_16( st_ivas->renderer_type, RENDERER_BINAURAL_FASTCONV_ROOM ) ) )
             {
                 ivas_binRenderer_close_fx( &st_ivas->hBinRenderer );
+#ifdef FIX_1068_ASAN_IN_MC_2_BINAURAL_ROOM_IR
+                test();
+                IF( ( st_ivas->hDecoderConfig->Opt_Headrotation || st_ivas->hDecoderConfig->Opt_ExternalOrientation ) )
+                {
+                    efap_free_data_fx( &st_ivas->hEFAPdata );
+                }
+#endif
             }
 
             test();