diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index f778b2ed4f3614446fafd4515bae58ab5b3b12db..25d559cae04133a1fda1c739c32edb84f9c503d0 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 #define NONBE_FIX_1128_OSBA_EXT_OUTPUT_ORDER            /* FhG: issue 1128: set output ambisonics order to input order for EXT output  */
 #define FIX_1138_SBA_EXT_ERROR_PRINTOUT                 /* VA: issue 1138: Fix SBA EXT output call of audioCfg2channels() */
 #define NONBE_FIX_981_PARAMBIN_DEFAULT_EARLY_PART             /* Nokia: Set default early part energy correction to unity for BINAURAL_ROOM_REVERB */
+#define NONBE_FIX_1174_MCMASA_LBR_LOOP_ERROR            /* Nokia: Fix issue 1174 by removing the unnecessary inner loop causing problems. */
 
 /* #################### End BASOP porting switches ############################ */
 
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc_fx.c b/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc_fx.c
index 0c87faa4e5441a9ef0e1035723eb02723bdfa6d9..cfd2aaef4914da21f10f31288580307cb19fcee9 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc_fx.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_masa_enc_fx.c
@@ -2667,11 +2667,16 @@ static void reduce_metadata_further_fx(
                 /* Copy spread coherence to the rest of subframes for the coherence coding algorithm. */
                 FOR( sf = 1; sf < MAX_PARAM_SPATIAL_SUBFRAMES; sf++ )
                 {
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_1174_MCMASA_LBR_LOOP_ERROR
+                    hqmetadata->q_direction[0].coherence_band_data[band].spread_coherence[sf] = hqmetadata->q_direction[0].coherence_band_data[band].spread_coherence[0]; // Q0
+                    move16();
+#else
                     FOR( band = 0; band < numCodingBands; band++ )
                     {
                         hqmetadata->q_direction[0].coherence_band_data[band].spread_coherence[sf] = hqmetadata->q_direction[0].coherence_band_data[band].spread_coherence[0]; // Q0
                         move16();
                     }
+#endif
                 }
 
                 /* Surround coherence is already merged through time */