diff --git a/media/base/codec.cc b/media/base/codec.cc
index 629aba4350..625875b285 100644
--- a/media/base/codec.cc
+++ b/media/base/codec.cc
@@ -231,6 +231,11 @@ VideoCodec::VideoCodec() : Codec() {
   clockrate = kVideoCodecClockrate;
 }
 
+VideoCodec::VideoCodec(const webrtc::SdpVideoFormat& c)
+    : Codec(0 /* id */, c.name, kVideoCodecClockrate) {
+  params = c.parameters;
+}
+
 VideoCodec::VideoCodec(const VideoCodec& c) = default;
 VideoCodec::VideoCodec(VideoCodec&& c) = default;
 VideoCodec& VideoCodec::operator=(const VideoCodec& c) = default;
diff --git a/media/base/codec.h b/media/base/codec.h
index bbd7760cc0..6c88998077 100644
--- a/media/base/codec.h
+++ b/media/base/codec.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "api/rtpparameters.h"
+#include "api/video_codecs/sdp_video_format.h"
 #include "common_types.h"  // NOLINT(build/include)
 #include "media/base/mediaconstants.h"
 
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ struct VideoCodec : public Codec {
   // Creates an empty codec.
   VideoCodec();
   VideoCodec(const VideoCodec& c);
+  explicit VideoCodec(const webrtc::SdpVideoFormat& c);
   VideoCodec(VideoCodec&& c);
   ~VideoCodec() override = default;
 
diff --git a/media/engine/webrtcvideoengine.cc b/media/engine/webrtcvideoengine.cc
index 8dda10be01..5db4d207a2 100644
--- a/media/engine/webrtcvideoengine.cc
+++ b/media/engine/webrtcvideoengine.cc
@@ -153,10 +153,7 @@ class WebRtcEncoderFactoryAdapter : public EncoderFactoryAdapter {
     std::vector<VideoCodec> codecs;
     for (const webrtc::SdpVideoFormat& format :
          encoder_factory_->GetSupportedFormats()) {
-      VideoCodec codec;
-      codec.name = format.name;
-      codec.params = format.parameters;
-      codecs.push_back(codec);
+      codecs.push_back(VideoCodec(format));
     }
     return AssignPayloadTypesAndAddAssociatedRtxCodecs(codecs);
   }