diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index a92e40a71b77704ec1c23f036a2c9248d2d856fe..92ad8525f960416b1bfb5821d1124f5e8ae63e5a 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 //de-activate FIX_1320_STACK_CPE_DECODER due to sanitizer issues in #1986; also review needed for patch within FIX_1946_CRASH_JBM_PROCESSING, which gets partially disabled
 //#define FIX_1320_STACK_CPE_DECODER                      /* VA: issue 1320: Optimize the stack memory consumption in the CPE decoder */
 
+#define FIX_1984_SAT_IN_PSYCHAD                         /* VA: Issue 1984: proposal to fix an assert */
 
 /* #################### End BASOP porting switches ############################ */
 
diff --git a/lib_com/tcx_utils_fx.c b/lib_com/tcx_utils_fx.c
index fa0f7a9dfd6435395904b7f68dc310ee2fa6fb36..326ec622160e3281067d2dc8c507261401dfd77a 100644
--- a/lib_com/tcx_utils_fx.c
+++ b/lib_com/tcx_utils_fx.c
@@ -1445,11 +1445,15 @@ void PsychAdaptLowFreqDeemph(
         /* fac = tmp = (float)pow(max_val / min, 0.0078125f); */
         tmp_e = min_e;
         move16();
-        tmp = Inv16( min, &tmp_e );                                   /*Q15 - tmp_e*/
-        L_tmp = L_shl( L_mult( tmp, max_val ), add( tmp_e, max_e ) ); /* Q31 */
-        L_tmp = BASOP_Util_Log2( L_tmp );                             /* Q25 */
-        L_tmp = L_shr( L_tmp, 7 );                                    /* 0.0078125f = 1.f/(1<<7) */
-        L_tmp = BASOP_Util_InvLog2( L_tmp );                          /* Q31 */
+        tmp = Inv16( min, &tmp_e ); /*Q15 - tmp_e*/
+#ifdef FIX_1984_SAT_IN_PSYCHAD
+        L_tmp = L_shl_sat( L_mult_sat( tmp, max_val ), add( tmp_e, max_e ) ); /* Q31 */
+#else
+        L_tmp = L_shl( L_mult( tmp, max_val ), add( tmp_e, max_e ) );                     /* Q31 */
+#endif
+        L_tmp = BASOP_Util_Log2( L_tmp );    /* Q25 */
+        L_tmp = L_shr( L_tmp, 7 );           /* 0.0078125f = 1.f/(1<<7) */
+        L_tmp = BASOP_Util_InvLog2( L_tmp ); /* Q31 */
 #ifdef ISSUE_1836_replace_overflow_libcom
         tmp = round_fx_sat( L_tmp ); /* Q15 */
 #else