diff --git a/modules/video_coding/BUILD.gn b/modules/video_coding/BUILD.gn
index 241de922a4..2a95bba2a0 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/BUILD.gn
+++ b/modules/video_coding/BUILD.gn
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ rtc_library("video_codec_interface") {
     "../../common_video",
     "../../common_video:frame_instrumentation_data",
     "../../common_video/generic_frame_descriptor",
+    "../../rtc_base:checks",
     "../../rtc_base/system:rtc_export",
     "//third_party/abseil-cpp/absl/types:variant",
   ]
diff --git a/modules/video_coding/include/video_coding_defines.h b/modules/video_coding/include/video_coding_defines.h
index c5d8e7597c..9cb32c4348 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/include/video_coding_defines.h
+++ b/modules/video_coding/include/video_coding_defines.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "api/video/video_frame_type.h"
 #include "api/video/video_timing.h"
 #include "api/video_codecs/video_decoder.h"
+#include "rtc_base/checks.h"
 
 namespace webrtc {
 
@@ -67,7 +68,10 @@ class VCMReceiveCallback {
                                 std::optional<uint8_t> qp,
                                 TimeDelta decode_time,
                                 VideoContentType content_type,
-                                VideoFrameType frame_type) = 0;
+                                VideoFrameType frame_type) {
+    RTC_CHECK_NOTREACHED();
+    return 0;
+  }
 
   // TODO: bugs.webrtc.org/358039777 - Make this pure virtual.
   virtual int32_t OnFrameToRender(const struct FrameToRender& arguments) {