diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_cnst.h b/lib_com/ivas_cnst.h
index 5fef6581695d157454575cc93298568726f9aca1..1356d695eccdec5054deb00d227fd83d73bcaa42 100644
--- a/lib_com/ivas_cnst.h
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_cnst.h
@@ -1353,7 +1353,10 @@ enum
 
 
 #define MASA_JBM_RINGBUFFER_FRAMES              3
-
+#ifdef FIX_853_DECODE_MASA_ISM_AZIMUTH_PREC 
+#define TOLERANCE_360_Q22                       1510033326  /* 360 in Q22 + 0.02 in Q22*/
+#define MINUS_TOLERANCE_360_Q22                 -1510033326 /* - (360 in Q22 + 0.02 in Q22) */
+#endif
 typedef enum
 {
     MASA_STEREO_NOT_DEFINED,
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 87f712150c1b4dcd6e7daf2882ca4b1766b21f43..424110028debf7da0327fdb2c4881abb181d2567 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 #define FIX_924_IGF_ROUNDFX_SAT
 #define FIX_930_JBM_BUFSIZE_MULT                /* FhG: Fix 930, Word16 too small for apa_buffer_size */
 #define NONBE_FIX_943_PORT_1208_DFT_STEREO_PLC_BURST /* Ericsson: BASOP Issue 943, Float Issue 1208, fix for overflow of sample offset counter for burst error in DFT Stereo PLC. */
-
+#define FIX_853_DECODE_MASA_ISM_AZIMUTH_PREC    /* Nokia: Fixes ivas_decode_masaism_metadata decision logic change due to precision difference; needs corresponding fix in floating point */
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
 
 /* clang-format on */
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_masa_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_masa_dec.c
index 6903773ede2ee6d489ba6b159939602919b372a8..13e970f85fcc6e5ab670952c19be8a14b9b72195 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_masa_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_masa_dec.c
@@ -5579,19 +5579,33 @@ static Word16 ivas_decode_masaism_metadata_fx(
                 test();
                 test();
                 test();
-                // if ( azimuth * hMasaIsmData->q_azimuth_old[obj] > 0 )
+                /*  if ( azimuth * hMasaIsmData->q_azimuth_old[obj] > 0 ) */
                 IF( ( ( azimuth > 0 ) && ( hMasaIsmData->q_azimuth_old_fx[obj] > 0 ) ) || ( ( azimuth < 0 ) && ( hMasaIsmData->q_azimuth_old_fx[obj] < 0 ) ) )
                 {
                     Word16 tmp_e;
                     delta_phi = L_deposit_h( BASOP_Util_Divide1616_Scale( 180, no_phi_masa[bits_ism[obj] - 1][idx_el], &tmp_e ) );
                     delta_phi = L_shr( delta_phi, sub( 9, tmp_e ) ); /* to maintain Q22 */
+
+#ifdef FIX_853_DECODE_MASA_ISM_AZIMUTH_PREC
+                    Word32 tmp_32;
+                    Word64 tmp_64;
+                    tmp_32 = L_sub( azimuth, hMasaIsmData->q_azimuth_old_fx[obj] );
+                    tmp_64 = W_mult_32_16( tmp_32, no_phi_masa[bits_ism[obj] - 1][idx_el] );
+
+                    IF( GT_64( tmp_64, TOLERANCE_360_Q22 ) ) /* >= 360 in Q22 (because there is an additional shift left in W_mult_32_16) + 0.02 in Q22 to counteract for precision loss, */
+#else
                     IF( GT_32( L_sub( azimuth, hMasaIsmData->q_azimuth_old_fx[obj] ), delta_phi ) )
+#endif
                     {
                         azimuth = L_sub( azimuth, delta_phi );
                     }
                     ELSE
                     {
+#ifdef FIX_853_DECODE_MASA_ISM_AZIMUTH_PREC
+                        IF( GT_64( MINUS_TOLERANCE_360_Q22, tmp_64 ) )
+#else
                         if ( GT_32( L_sub( hMasaIsmData->q_azimuth_old_fx[obj], azimuth ), delta_phi ) )
+#endif
                         {
                             azimuth = L_add( azimuth, delta_phi );
                         }