diff --git a/video/video_quality_test.cc b/video/video_quality_test.cc
index 77dff46bde..b870f7c793 100644
--- a/video/video_quality_test.cc
+++ b/video/video_quality_test.cc
@@ -526,10 +526,14 @@ void VideoQualityTest::CheckParamsAndInjectionComponents() {
     RTC_CHECK_GE(params_.video[video_idx].target_bitrate_bps,
                  params_.video[video_idx].min_bitrate_bps);
     int selected_stream = params_.ss[video_idx].selected_stream;
-    int stream_tl = params_.ss[video_idx]
-                        .streams[selected_stream]
-                        .num_temporal_layers.value_or(1);
-    RTC_CHECK_LT(params_.video[video_idx].selected_tl, stream_tl);
+    if (params_.video[video_idx].selected_tl > -1) {
+      RTC_CHECK_LT(selected_stream, params_.ss[video_idx].streams.size())
+          << "Can not use --selected_tl when --selected_stream is all streams";
+      int stream_tl = params_.ss[video_idx]
+                          .streams[selected_stream]
+                          .num_temporal_layers.value_or(1);
+      RTC_CHECK_LT(params_.video[video_idx].selected_tl, stream_tl);
+    }
     RTC_CHECK_LE(params_.ss[video_idx].selected_stream,
                  params_.ss[video_idx].streams.size());
     for (const VideoStream& stream : params_.ss[video_idx].streams) {