diff --git a/webrtc/api/ortc/sessiondescription.h b/webrtc/api/ortc/sessiondescription.h
index 18a48e0878..52f9b0c93c 100644
--- a/webrtc/api/ortc/sessiondescription.h
+++ b/webrtc/api/ortc/sessiondescription.h
@@ -19,19 +19,16 @@ namespace webrtc {
 // A structured representation of an SDP session description.
 class SessionDescription {
  public:
-  SessionDescription(std::string session_id, std::string session_version)
-      : session_id_(std::move(session_id)),
-        session_version_(std::move(session_version)) {}
+  SessionDescription(int64_t session_id, std::string session_version)
+      : session_id_(session_id), session_version_(std::move(session_version)) {}
 
   // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4566#section-5.2
   // o=<username> <sess-id> <sess-version> <nettype> <addrtype>
   //   <unicast-address>
   // session_id_ is the "sess-id" field.
   // session_version_ is the "sess-version" field.
-  const std::string& session_id() const { return session_id_; }
-  void set_session_id(std::string session_id) {
-    session_id_ = std::move(session_id);
-  }
+  int64_t session_id() { return session_id_; }
+  void set_session_id(int64_t session_id) { session_id_ = session_id; }
 
   const std::string& session_version() const { return session_version_; }
   void set_session_version(std::string session_version) {
@@ -39,7 +36,7 @@ class SessionDescription {
   }
 
  private:
-  std::string session_id_;
+  int64_t session_id_;
   std::string session_version_;
 };
 
diff --git a/webrtc/api/ortc/sessiondescription_unittest.cc b/webrtc/api/ortc/sessiondescription_unittest.cc
index c856ea944e..00d9198062 100644
--- a/webrtc/api/ortc/sessiondescription_unittest.cc
+++ b/webrtc/api/ortc/sessiondescription_unittest.cc
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ namespace webrtc {
 class SessionDescriptionTest : public testing::Test {};
 
 TEST_F(SessionDescriptionTest, CreateSessionDescription) {
-  SessionDescription s("a", "0");
-  EXPECT_EQ("a", s.session_id());
+  SessionDescription s(-1, "0");
+  EXPECT_EQ(-1, s.session_id());
   EXPECT_EQ("0", s.session_version());
 }
 }