diff --git a/src/video_engine/vie_channel_manager.cc b/src/video_engine/vie_channel_manager.cc
index 208ce26319..d0fc416e0b 100644
--- a/src/video_engine/vie_channel_manager.cc
+++ b/src/video_engine/vie_channel_manager.cc
@@ -304,14 +304,9 @@ bool ViEChannelManager::CreateChannelObject(int channel_id,
     delete vie_channel;
     return false;
   }
-
-  VideoCodec encoder;
-  vie_encoder->GetEncoder(encoder);
-  if (vie_channel->SetSendCodec(encoder) != 0) {
-    vie_encoder = NULL;
-  }
-
   // Register the channel at the encoder.
+  // Need to call RegisterSendRtpRtcpModule before SetSendCodec since
+  // the SetSendCodec call use the default rtp/rtcp module.
   RtpRtcp* send_rtp_rtcp_module = vie_encoder->SendRtpRtcpModule();
   if (vie_channel->RegisterSendRtpRtcpModule(*send_rtp_rtcp_module) != 0) {
     delete vie_channel;
@@ -320,6 +315,12 @@ bool ViEChannelManager::CreateChannelObject(int channel_id,
     return false;
   }
 
+  VideoCodec encoder;
+  vie_encoder->GetEncoder(encoder);
+  if (vie_channel->SetSendCodec(encoder) != 0) {
+    vie_encoder = NULL;
+  }
+
   // Store the channel, add it to the channel group and save the vie_encoder.
   channel_map_[channel_id] = vie_channel;
   vie_encoder_map_[channel_id] = vie_encoder;