diff --git a/webrtc/video/send_statistics_proxy.cc b/webrtc/video/send_statistics_proxy.cc
index 0a84439825..d2964b21da 100644
--- a/webrtc/video/send_statistics_proxy.cc
+++ b/webrtc/video/send_statistics_proxy.cc
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ void SendStatisticsProxy::SetContentType(
     VideoEncoderConfig::ContentType content_type) {
   rtc::CritScope lock(&crit_);
   if (content_type_ != content_type) {
-    uma_container_->UpdateHistograms();
     uma_container_.reset(new UmaSamplesContainer(GetUmaPrefix(content_type)));
     content_type_ = content_type;
   }
diff --git a/webrtc/video/send_statistics_proxy_unittest.cc b/webrtc/video/send_statistics_proxy_unittest.cc
index f098ce2d23..fc1f3fdbde 100644
--- a/webrtc/video/send_statistics_proxy_unittest.cc
+++ b/webrtc/video/send_statistics_proxy_unittest.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"
+#include "webrtc/test/histogram.h"
 
 namespace webrtc {
 
@@ -296,6 +297,25 @@ TEST_F(SendStatisticsProxyTest, OnEncodedFrame) {
   EXPECT_EQ(kEncodeTimeMs, stats.avg_encode_time_ms);
 }
 
+TEST_F(SendStatisticsProxyTest, SwitchContentTypeUpdatesHistograms) {
+  test::ClearHistograms();
+  const int kMinRequiredSamples = 200;
+  const int kWidth = 640;
+  const int kHeight = 480;
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < kMinRequiredSamples; ++i)
+    statistics_proxy_->OnIncomingFrame(kWidth, kHeight);
+
+  // No switch, stats not should be updated.
+  statistics_proxy_->SetContentType(
+      VideoEncoderConfig::ContentType::kRealtimeVideo);
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, test::NumHistogramSamples("WebRTC.Video.InputWidthInPixels"));
+
+  // Switch to screenshare, real-time stats should be updated.
+  statistics_proxy_->SetContentType(VideoEncoderConfig::ContentType::kScreen);
+  EXPECT_EQ(1, test::NumHistogramSamples("WebRTC.Video.InputWidthInPixels"));
+}
+
 TEST_F(SendStatisticsProxyTest, NoSubstreams) {
   uint32_t excluded_ssrc =
       std::max(