diff --git a/webrtc/video/vie_encoder.cc b/webrtc/video/vie_encoder.cc
index 7a453efc10..5f050d94b9 100644
--- a/webrtc/video/vie_encoder.cc
+++ b/webrtc/video/vie_encoder.cc
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ void ViEEncoder::SetEncoder(const webrtc::VideoCodec& video_codec,
          ++i) {
       stats_proxy_->OnInactiveSsrc(ssrcs_[i]);
     }
-    VideoEncoderConfig::ContentType content_type;
+    VideoEncoderConfig::ContentType content_type = kRealtimeVideo;
     switch (video_codec.mode) {
       case kRealtimeVideo:
         content_type = VideoEncoderConfig::ContentType::kRealtimeVideo;