diff --git a/logging/BUILD.gn b/logging/BUILD.gn
index 6340b49e74..329690601e 100644
--- a/logging/BUILD.gn
+++ b/logging/BUILD.gn
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ rtc_source_set("rtc_event_log_api") {
     "../rtc_base:ptr_util",
     "../rtc_base:rtc_base_approved",
     "../rtc_base:rtc_task_queue",
+    "//third_party/abseil-cpp/absl/memory",
   ]
 }
 
diff --git a/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.cc b/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.cc
index 73a598d6b1..b48fe9234f 100644
--- a/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.cc
+++ b/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.cc
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@
 
 #include "logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log.h"
 
+#include "absl/memory/memory.h"
+
 namespace webrtc {
 
+std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLog> RtcEventLog::CreateNull() {
+  return absl::make_unique<RtcEventLogNullImpl>();
+}
+
 bool RtcEventLogNullImpl::StartLogging(
     std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLogOutput> output,
     int64_t output_period_ms) {
diff --git a/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_impl.cc b/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_impl.cc
index 554a0283fd..b6b04285e4 100644
--- a/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_impl.cc
+++ b/logging/rtc_event_log/rtc_event_log_impl.cc
@@ -372,8 +372,4 @@ std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLog> RtcEventLog::Create(
 #endif  // ENABLE_RTC_EVENT_LOG
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLog> RtcEventLog::CreateNull() {
-  return std::unique_ptr<RtcEventLog>(new RtcEventLogNullImpl());
-}
-
 }  // namespace webrtc