diff --git a/libSACdec/src/sac_bitdec.cpp b/libSACdec/src/sac_bitdec.cpp
index 45fb17a..159cf84 100644
--- a/libSACdec/src/sac_bitdec.cpp
+++ b/libSACdec/src/sac_bitdec.cpp
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@
     INT coreSbrFrameLengthIndex) {
   int i;
 
+  FDKmemclear(pSpatialSpecificConfig, sizeof(SPATIAL_SPECIFIC_CONFIG));
+
   pSpatialSpecificConfig->stereoConfigIndex = stereoConfigIndex;
   pSpatialSpecificConfig->coreSbrFrameLengthIndex = coreSbrFrameLengthIndex;
   pSpatialSpecificConfig->freqRes =
@@ -447,6 +449,8 @@
   int numHeaderBits;
   int cfgStartPos, bitsAvailable;
 
+  FDKmemclear(pSpatialSpecificConfig, sizeof(SPATIAL_SPECIFIC_CONFIG));
+
   cfgStartPos = FDKgetValidBits(bitstream);
   /* It might be that we do not know the SSC length beforehand. */
   if (sacHeaderLen == 0) {