diff --git a/webrtc/media/base/videoengine_unittest.h b/webrtc/media/base/videoengine_unittest.h
index 60f1155931..394b9c9a8e 100644
--- a/webrtc/media/base/videoengine_unittest.h
+++ b/webrtc/media/base/videoengine_unittest.h
@@ -1063,16 +1063,7 @@ class VideoMediaChannelTest : public testing::Test,
   void TwoStreamsSendAndReceive(const cricket::VideoCodec& codec) {
     SetUpSecondStream();
     // Test sending and receiving on first stream.
-    EXPECT_TRUE(SetOneCodec(codec));
-    EXPECT_TRUE(SetSend(true));
-    EXPECT_TRUE(channel_->SetSink(kDefaultReceiveSsrc, &renderer_));
-    EXPECT_EQ(0, renderer_.num_rendered_frames());
-    EXPECT_TRUE(SendFrame());
-    // Since multiple streams share this link we should be receiving smaller
-    // initial frames (start at QVGA since shared bitrate is 150k each).
-    EXPECT_FRAME_WAIT(1, codec.width / 2, codec.height / 2, kTimeout);
-    std::unique_ptr<const rtc::CopyOnWriteBuffer> p(GetRtpPacket(0));
-    EXPECT_EQ(codec.id, GetPayloadType(p.get()));
+    SendAndReceive(codec);
     // Test sending and receiving on second stream.
     EXPECT_EQ_WAIT(1, renderer2_.num_rendered_frames(), kTimeout);
     EXPECT_GT(NumRtpPackets(), 0);
diff --git a/webrtc/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/vp8_impl.cc b/webrtc/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/vp8_impl.cc
index 41257133c5..29a40e673b 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/vp8_impl.cc
+++ b/webrtc/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/vp8_impl.cc
@@ -606,8 +606,9 @@ int VP8EncoderImpl::InitEncode(const VideoCodec* inst,
   // go back down).
   const int kLowQpThreshold = 29;
   const int kDisabledBadQpThreshold = 100;
-  quality_scaler_.Init(kLowQpThreshold, kDisabledBadQpThreshold, false,
-                       codec_.startBitrate, codec_.width, codec_.height,
+  // TODO(glaznev/sprang): consider passing codec initial bitrate to quality
+  // scaler to avoid starting with HD for low initial bitrates.
+  quality_scaler_.Init(kLowQpThreshold, kDisabledBadQpThreshold, false, 0, 0, 0,
                        codec_.maxFramerate);
 
   // Only apply scaling to improve for single-layer streams. The scaling metrics