diff --git a/silk/fixed/LTP_scale_ctrl_FIX.c b/silk/fixed/LTP_scale_ctrl_FIX.c
index b3afb70bf4725500f985f0bb9e069c43061b90cd..db1016e0b20ca8b435833869999e32596a2f0f56 100644
--- a/silk/fixed/LTP_scale_ctrl_FIX.c
+++ b/silk/fixed/LTP_scale_ctrl_FIX.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void silk_LTP_scale_ctrl_FIX(
 
     if( condCoding == CODE_INDEPENDENTLY ) {
         /* Only scale if first frame in packet */
-        round_loss = psEnc->sCmn.PacketLoss_perc + psEnc->sCmn.nFramesPerPacket;
+        round_loss = psEnc->sCmn.PacketLoss_perc * psEnc->sCmn.nFramesPerPacket;
         if ( psEnc->sCmn.LBRR_flag ) {
             /* LBRR reduces the effective loss. In practice, it does not square the loss because
                losses aren't independent, but that still seems to work best. We also never go below 2%. */
diff --git a/silk/float/LTP_scale_ctrl_FLP.c b/silk/float/LTP_scale_ctrl_FLP.c
index 1fed0993084dda30276e66173d57544943d7536f..6f30ff095f31a4acd9ddfb4d97b8cd322989f7cc 100644
--- a/silk/float/LTP_scale_ctrl_FLP.c
+++ b/silk/float/LTP_scale_ctrl_FLP.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void silk_LTP_scale_ctrl_FLP(
 
     if( condCoding == CODE_INDEPENDENTLY ) {
         /* Only scale if first frame in packet */
-        round_loss = psEnc->sCmn.PacketLoss_perc + psEnc->sCmn.nFramesPerPacket;
+        round_loss = psEnc->sCmn.PacketLoss_perc * psEnc->sCmn.nFramesPerPacket;
         if ( psEnc->sCmn.LBRR_flag ) {
             /* LBRR reduces the effective loss. In practice, it does not square the loss because
                losses aren't independent, but that still seems to work best. We also never go below 2%. */