diff --git a/modules/congestion_controller/goog_cc/send_side_bandwidth_estimation.cc b/modules/congestion_controller/goog_cc/send_side_bandwidth_estimation.cc
index c8509556c6..143e7e4032 100644
--- a/modules/congestion_controller/goog_cc/send_side_bandwidth_estimation.cc
+++ b/modules/congestion_controller/goog_cc/send_side_bandwidth_estimation.cc
@@ -579,9 +579,7 @@ void SendSideBandwidthEstimation::UpdateMinHistory(Timestamp at_time) {
 }
 
 DataRate SendSideBandwidthEstimation::GetUpperLimit() const {
-  DataRate upper_limit = delay_based_limit_;
-  upper_limit = std::min(upper_limit, max_bitrate_configured_);
-  return upper_limit;
+  return std::min(delay_based_limit_, max_bitrate_configured_);
 }
 
 void SendSideBandwidthEstimation::MaybeLogLowBitrateWarning(DataRate bitrate,