diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 4320a34342c47d0af693fa5bc1fa88fe82940593..4d860e371b2a5debc7dfc4a0e1cec010a222bf7c 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 
 #define NON_BE_FIX_807_MASA_DTX_BRSW                     /* Nokia: adds fix to check existence of DTX encoder for secondary channel in TD mode */
 #define NON_BE_FIX_BASOP_819_THRESHOLD_MASA2TOTAL        /* Nokia: add fix for precision limitation in comparison with masa2total energy ratio threshold */
+#define FIX_828_PORT_1152_FROM_FLT_REPO                  /* FhG: fix for issue 828 - fix uninitialized value used in BASOP */
 /* #################### End FIXES switches ############################ */
 
 #define BASOP_NOGLOB                                    /* Disable global symbols in BASOPs, Overflow/Carry in BASOPs disabled, additional BASOPs in case of Overflow */
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_dft_enc_itd.c b/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_dft_enc_itd.c
index de66c780f9cb15fc20d2bb4a90382043f9950511..34543cce037a1e5d506b6f37745cea358a8dc1fd 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_dft_enc_itd.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_stereo_dft_enc_itd.c
@@ -285,7 +285,13 @@ static int16_t stereo_dft_enc_itd_vad(
 
     float Spd[STEREO_DFT_N_16k_ENC / 2 + 1];
 
+#ifdef FIX_828_PORT_1152_FROM_FLT_REPO
+    /* Spd is later only used starting at itd_vad_band_tbl[0], so only compute values starting from there */
+    /* -> this avoids uninitialized values in Spd_L and Spd_R at index 0 to be used */
+    for ( i = itd_vad_band_tbl[0]; i <= STEREO_DFT_N_16k_ENC / 2; i++ )
+#else
     for ( i = 0; i <= STEREO_DFT_N_16k_ENC / 2; i++ )
+#endif
     {
         Spd[i] = 0.5f * ( Spd_L[i] + Spd_R[i] );
     }